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Abstract #3550

Prolonged Subregional Femorotibial Cartilage Increase After Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear - Five Year Follow Up Data After Injury

Felix Eckstein1, 2, Wolfgang Wirth1, 2, Martin Hudelmaier1, 2, Stefan Lohmander3, Richard B. Frobell4

1Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; 2Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Bavaria, Germany; 3Dept Orthopaedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, SE, Sweden; 4Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, SE, Sweden

An increase (rather than a decrease) in medial femorotibial cartilage thickness is seen not only in the early phase after ACL injury, but continues during a later period (2 and 5 years) after ACL injury.

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