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.