Maroun Raad1, Camille Thevenin Lemoine2, Emilie Bérard3, Pierre Laumonerie2, Jerome Sales de Gauzy2, Franck Accadbled2. 1. CHU Toulouse, Hôpital des enfants, 330 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, TSA 70034, 31059, Toulouse cedex 9, France. marounrd@hotmail.com. 2. CHU Toulouse, Hôpital des enfants, 330 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, TSA 70034, 31059, Toulouse cedex 9, France. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Health Economics and Public Health, UMR1027 INSERM-University of Toulouse III, Toulouse University Hospital (CHU), Toulouse, France.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify epidemiologic risk factors for secondary meniscal tears in paediatric and adolescent patients who sustain an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. The hypothesis was that delayed reconstruction and elevated BMI z score, increase the risk for secondary meniscal tears. METHODS: A prospective, descriptive and analytical study of consecutively accrued children and adolescents with an ACL tear was performed. One hundred and sixty subjects (114 males and 46 females) were identified between 2006 and 2015 at one institution. The age range was between 7 and 19 years. Fifteen parameters were recorded and analysed: age at initial trauma, initial trauma circumstance, sex, BMI z score, affected side, type of sport, Tegner score, athletic level, time to MRI, time to first referral, time to surgery, age at surgery, attempted non-operative treatment, operative report and associated meniscal tear. These meniscal lesions could be diagnosed by an MRI and / or during surgery. RESULTS: Out of the 160 cases, 143 were treated surgically and 17 cases non-operatively. Median corrected BMI z score was 0.5 (range - 1.8 to 4.7). 41.9% had one or more meniscal lesions. 55 patients were initially treated non-operatively, of which 39 patients were secondarily operated. There was a positive relationship between meniscal lesion and: BMI z score (p = 0.0364), attempted non-operative treatment (p = 0.001) and time to surgery (p = 0.002). The median time to ACL reconstruction was 229 days for patients with secondary meniscal lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ACL tears treated non-operatively developed secondary meniscal lesions requiring delayed surgical management. There was a positive correlation between BMI z score and secondary meniscal lesions. Thus, early ACL reconstruction is advocated in young athletes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Retrospective comparative study, Level III.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify epidemiologic risk factors for secondary meniscal tears in paediatric and adolescent patients who sustain an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. The hypothesis was that delayed reconstruction and elevated BMI z score, increase the risk for secondary meniscal tears. METHODS: A prospective, descriptive and analytical study of consecutively accrued children and adolescents with an ACL tear was performed. One hundred and sixty subjects (114 males and 46 females) were identified between 2006 and 2015 at one institution. The age range was between 7 and 19 years. Fifteen parameters were recorded and analysed: age at initial trauma, initial trauma circumstance, sex, BMI z score, affected side, type of sport, Tegner score, athletic level, time to MRI, time to first referral, time to surgery, age at surgery, attempted non-operative treatment, operative report and associated meniscal tear. These meniscal lesions could be diagnosed by an MRI and / or during surgery. RESULTS: Out of the 160 cases, 143 were treated surgically and 17 cases non-operatively. Median corrected BMI z score was 0.5 (range - 1.8 to 4.7). 41.9% had one or more meniscal lesions. 55 patients were initially treated non-operatively, of which 39 patients were secondarily operated. There was a positive relationship between meniscal lesion and: BMI z score (p = 0.0364), attempted non-operative treatment (p = 0.001) and time to surgery (p = 0.002). The median time to ACL reconstruction was 229 days for patients with secondary meniscal lesions. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with ACL tears treated non-operatively developed secondary meniscal lesions requiring delayed surgical management. There was a positive correlation between BMI z score and secondary meniscal lesions. Thus, early ACL reconstruction is advocated in young athletes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Retrospective comparative study, Level III.
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