Cartilage Injury After Acute, Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

Hollis G. Potter, Sapna Jain, Yan Ma, Brandon R. Black, Sebastian Fung, Stephen Lyman

The American Journal of Sports Medicine · 2011 · 275 citations · 44 references

Abstract

All patients with acute, traumatic ACL disruption sustained a chondral injury at the time of initial impact with subsequent longitudinal chondral degradation in compartments unaffected by the initial "bone bruise," a process that is accelerated at 5 to 7 years' follow-up.

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