Anterior Cruciate Ligament Bundle Insertions Vary Between ACL-rupture and Non-injured Knees

Overview

Journal Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Publisher Wiley

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopedics

Date 2020 Jul 3

PMID 32613337

Citations 6

Authors

Dimitris Dimitriou

Diyang Zou

Zhongzheng Wang

Naeder Helmy

Tsung-Yuan Tsai

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Abstract

Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the three-dimensional topographic anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) bundle attachment in both ACL-rupture and ACL-intact patients who suffered a noncontact knee injury and identify potential differences.

Methods: Magnetic resonance images of 90 ACL-rupture knees and 90 matched ACL-intact knees, who suffered a noncontact knee injury, were used to create 3D ACL insertion models.

Results: In the ACL-rupture knees, the femoral origin of the anteromedial (AM) bundle was 24.5 ± 9.0% posterior and 45.5 ± 10.5% proximal to the flexion-extension axis (FEA), whereas the posterolateral (PL) bundle origin was 35.5 ± 12.5% posterior and 22.4 ± 10.3% distal to the FEA. In ACL-rupture knees, the tibial insertion of the AM-bundle was 34.3 ± 4.6% of the tibial plateau depth and 50.7 ± 3.5% of the tibial plateau width, whereas the PL-bundle insertion was 47.5 ± 4.1% of the tibial plateau depth and 56.9 ± 3.4% of the tibial plateau width. In ACL-intact knees, the origin of the AM-bundle was 17.5 ± 9.1% posterior (p < 0.01) and 42.3 ± 10.5% proximal (n.s.) to the FEA, whereas the PL-bundle origin was 32.1 ± 11.1% posterior (n.s.) and 16.3 ± 9.4% distal (p < 0.01) to the FEA. In ACL-intact knees, the insertion of the AM-bundle was 34.4 ± 6.6% of the tibial plateau depth (n.s.) and 48.1 ± 4.6% of the tibial plateau width (n.s.), whereas the PL-bundle insertion was 42.7 ± 5.4% of the tibial plateau depth (p < 0.01) and 57.1 ± 4.8% of the tibial plateau width (n.s.).

Conclusion: The current study revealed variations in the three-dimensional topographic anatomy of the native ACL between ACL-rupture and ACL-intact knees, which might help surgeons who perform anatomical double-bundle reconstruction surgery.

Level Of Evidence: III.

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