Matthew Skinner, Breanna Sullivan, Caitlin Conley, Darren Johnson, Mary Lloyd Ireland, David Landy, Austin Stone, Cale Jacobs
PURPOSE: To compare knee osteoarthritis (OA) incidence within 5 years of surgery between 5 common sports medicine procedures: isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, isolated meniscus repair (MR), isolated arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM), ACL reconstruction with MR (ACL + MR), and ACL reconstruction with APM (ACL + APM). METHODS: The PearlDiver Mariner M157Ortho database was searched. Five cohorts were identified using Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT ) codes and included those 16 to 60 years old who underwent isolated ACL reconstruction, isolated MR, ACL + MR, isolated APM, or ACL + APM repair...
April 2024: Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation