Riccardo Cristiani1, Andreas Parling2, Magnus Forssblad3, Gunnar Edman3, Björn Engström4, Anders Stålman4. 1. Capio Artro Clinic, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: riccardo.cristiani87@gmail.com. 2. Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 3. Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 4. Capio Artro Clinic, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare the preoperative and 1- and 2-year postoperative Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscale scores between isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and ACLR with additional medial meniscus (MM) and/or lateral meniscus (LM) resection or repair. METHODS: A total of 5,378 patients who underwent primary ACLR, with no associated ligament injuries, at our institution from January 2005 to December 2015 were included. The KOOS subscale scores were used to evaluate patients preoperatively and at 1- and 2-year postoperative follow-up assessments. Patients who underwent isolated ACLR and those who underwent ACLR with additional MM resection, MM repair, LM resection, LM repair, MM plus LM resection, or MM plus LM repair were compared by use of an analysis of covariance, with age, sex, graft, and cartilage injury as covariates. RESULTS: Postoperatively, at both 1- and 2-year follow-up assessments, no significant differences were found between the groups for any of the 5 KOOS subscales. Preoperatively, a significant difference between the groups was found for the KOOS Symptoms (P < .001), Pain (P < .001), Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (P < .001), and Sport and Recreation (Sport/Rec) (P = .01) subscale scores. The lowest scores were found for the group undergoing ACLR and MM plus LM repair (Symptoms, 70.1 ± 17.3; Pain, 71.4 ± 18.5; ADL, 80.6 ± 20.5; and Sport/Rec, 35.7 ± 28.1), whereas the mean scores for the other groups ranged from 71.2 ± 18.7 to 76.5 ± 17.1 for Symptoms, from 76.1 ± 17.0 to 80.1 ± 15.5 for Pain, from 84.5 ± 16.8 to 88.1 ± 14.2 for ADL, and from 44.2 ± 28.3 to 49.1 ± 28.5 for Sport/Rec. CONCLUSIONS: Patients undergoing isolated ACLR and those undergoing ACLR with additional MM and/or LM resection or repair obtained equivalent results for each of the KOOS subscales at the 1- and 2-year postoperative follow-up assessments. Differences between the groups were only detectable preoperatively, with patients undergoing ACLR and MM plus LM repair showing the lowest scores for the KOOS Symptoms, Pain, ADL, and Sport/Rec subscales. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, retrospective comparative therapeutic trial.
PURPOSE: To compare the preoperative and 1- and 2-year postoperative Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscale scores between isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and ACLR with additional medial meniscus (MM) and/or lateral meniscus (LM) resection or repair. METHODS: A total of 5,378 patients who underwent primary ACLR, with no associated ligament injuries, at our institution from January 2005 to December 2015 were included. The KOOS subscale scores were used to evaluate patients preoperatively and at 1- and 2-year postoperative follow-up assessments. Patients who underwent isolated ACLR and those who underwent ACLR with additional MM resection, MM repair, LM resection, LM repair, MM plus LM resection, or MM plus LM repair were compared by use of an analysis of covariance, with age, sex, graft, and cartilage injury as covariates. RESULTS: Postoperatively, at both 1- and 2-year follow-up assessments, no significant differences were found between the groups for any of the 5 KOOS subscales. Preoperatively, a significant difference between the groups was found for the KOOS Symptoms (P < .001), Pain (P < .001), Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (P < .001), and Sport and Recreation (Sport/Rec) (P = .01) subscale scores. The lowest scores were found for the group undergoing ACLR and MM plus LM repair (Symptoms, 70.1 ± 17.3; Pain, 71.4 ± 18.5; ADL, 80.6 ± 20.5; and Sport/Rec, 35.7 ± 28.1), whereas the mean scores for the other groups ranged from 71.2 ± 18.7 to 76.5 ± 17.1 for Symptoms, from 76.1 ± 17.0 to 80.1 ± 15.5 for Pain, from 84.5 ± 16.8 to 88.1 ± 14.2 for ADL, and from 44.2 ± 28.3 to 49.1 ± 28.5 for Sport/Rec. CONCLUSIONS:Patients undergoing isolated ACLR and those undergoing ACLR with additional MM and/or LM resection or repair obtained equivalent results for each of the KOOS subscales at the 1- and 2-year postoperative follow-up assessments. Differences between the groups were only detectable preoperatively, with patients undergoing ACLR and MM plus LM repair showing the lowest scores for the KOOS Symptoms, Pain, ADL, and Sport/Rec subscales. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, retrospective comparative therapeutic trial.
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