Open AccessMeniscal ramp lesions: frequency, natural history, and the effect on knee cartilage over 2 years in subjects with anterior cruciate ligament tears
Author(s) -
Júlio Brandão Guimarães,
Benedikt J. Schwaiger,
Alexandra S. Gersing,
Jan Neumann,
Luca Facchetti,
Xiaojuan Li,
Gabby B. Joseph,
Thomas M. Link
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
skeletal radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1432-2161
pISSN - 0364-2348
DOI - 10.1007/s00256-020-03596-5
Subject(s) - medicine , tears , anterior cruciate ligament , cartilage , meniscus , orthopedic surgery , femur , medial meniscus , anatomy , arthroscopy , osteoarthritis , knee joint , tibia , nuclear medicine , surgery , pathology , physics , incidence (geometry) , optics , alternative medicine
(i) To investigate the frequency and natural evolution of meniscal ramp lesions (MRLs) on MRI in subjects with acute ACL tear and (ii) to compare knee cartilage compositional degeneration between subjects with MRLs and subjects without meniscal pathology over 2 years.