A study in The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine examined the high re-injury rate of young patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.
Here's what you should know.
1. Researchers examined 362 consecutive patients under 20 years old who underwent ACL reconstruction between December 2004 and February 2012 to determine if they had re-injured their ACL at a later date.
2. The researchers found of 322 patients, 60 — or 16.6 percent — had graft ruptures within 1.9 years. Almost half of the ruptures occurred within the first postoperative year. The rupture rate was highest in males under 18 years old at 25.4 percent.
3. Of the 322, 57 had a contralateral ACL injury at an average time of 3.7 years.
4. Only four patients had both a graft rupture and a contralateral injury.
5. In total, 113 of 322 patients suffered some sort of re-injury.
6. The researchers said the high re-injury rate in young people is concerning.
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