Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Nov 2021
Increased posterior tibial slope results in increased incidence of posterior lateral meniscal root tears in ACL reconstruction patients.
While the association with acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears has been established, other risk factors and associated pathologies which occur with a concomitant lateral meniscal posterior root tear (LMPRT) are not well defined. The purpose of this study was to compare the risk factors and concomitant pathologies between patients with LMPRT and patients without LMPRTs in the setting of a primary ACL tear. ⋯ IV.