Early point of significantly higher lesions in insufficient anterior cruciate ligament knees
Rev. esp. investig. quir
; 14(1): 9-14, ene.-mar. 2011. ilus
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ABSTRACT
An experimental study was designed to determine the impact of the instability in the rabbit knee.Ten mature white New Zealand male rabbits were studied. Anterior cruciate ligament-transection of the right knee joint was performed. Animals were sacrificed at 4 weeks (group 1: five animals) and 12 weeks (group 2: five animals) after the surgery. Left knee joints were used as controls. Gross injuries in articular cartilage and in menisci were scored. Forty percent of the knees from the group 1 showed fibrillation. In the group 2, all the knees were damaged and 2/5 showed full-thickness erosion. Tears were observed in 2 internal menisci from the group 1 and in 2 external menisci and 5/5 internal menisci from the group 2. The earliest point of significantly higher incidence of knee damage was 3 months post injury. Therefore, when an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is indicated it should carry out as soon as possible (AU)
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Collection:
06-national
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ES
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
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Osteoarthritis, Knee
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Rev. esp. investig. quir
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article