High return to play rate following treatment of multiple-ligament knee injuries in 136 elite athletes

Purpose The purpose of the study is to assess return to play rate and timing of elite athletes treated for multi-ligament knee injuries with modern surgical techniques. Methods A retrospective review was performed of all professional or national/international level athletes treated for a multi-ligam...

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Published in:Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2022-10, Vol.30 (10), p.3393-3401
Main Authors: Borque, Kyle A., Jones, Mary, Balendra, Ganesh, Willinger, Lukas, Pinheiro, Vitor Hugo, Anand, Bobby Singh, Williams, Andy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anterior cruciate ligament
Athletes
Injuries
Knee
Ligaments
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Orthopedics
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Surgical techniques
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of the study is to assess return to play rate and timing of elite athletes treated for multi-ligament knee injuries with modern surgical techniques. Methods A retrospective review was performed of all professional or national/international level athletes treated for a multi-ligament knee injury by the senior author in the period from February 2001 to October 2019, with a minimum of 2-year follow-up. The study cohort consisted of 136 elite athletes who underwent surgery of two or more knee ligaments. Outcomes measures were return to play (RTP), defined as return to elite level sport, return to play time, and further surgical procedures. Results One hundred and twenty (88.2%) athletes returned to elite level sport at an average of 12.8 months from operation. In unicruciate injuries, ACL and PCL-based injuries had similar return to play rates (89.1% vs. 87.5% respectfully, n.s.) although mean RTP time was longer in those with PCL-based injuries (15.2 vs. 11.9 months, p  
ISSN:0942-2056
1433-7347
DOI:10.1007/s00167-022-06926-3