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Over One-Third of Patients With Multiligament Knee Injuries and an Intact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Demonstrate Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Moran J, Schneble C, Katz L, Jimenez A, McLaughlin W, Vasavada K, Wang A, Kunze K, Chahla J, LaPrade R, Alaia M, Medvecky M. Over One-Third of Patients With Multiligament Knee Injuries and an Intact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Demonstrate Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2022, 39: 592-599. PMID: 36575108, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2022.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial meniscus ramp lesionsIntact anterior cruciate ligamentMultiligament knee injuriesAnterior cruciate ligamentMagnetic resonance imagingRamp lesionsBone bruiseBone bruisingKnee injuriesCruciate ligamentMedial meniscal ramp lesionsResonance imagingPreoperative magnetic resonance imagingMeniscal ramp lesionsRetrospective case seriesPosterior cruciate ligamentOne-thirdIntraclass correlation coefficientConsecutive patientsRetrospective reviewCase seriesLigament reconstructionOperative reportsLevel IVLevel IExamining Preoperative MRI for Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions in Patients Surgically Treated for Acute Grade 3 Combined Posterolateral Corner Knee Injury
Moran J, Jimenez A, Katz L, Wang A, McLaughlin W, Gillinov S, Patel R, Kunze K, Hewett T, Alaia M, LaPrade R, Medvecky M. Examining Preoperative MRI for Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions in Patients Surgically Treated for Acute Grade 3 Combined Posterolateral Corner Knee Injury. Orthopaedic Journal Of Sports Medicine 2023, 11: 23259671221144767. PMID: 36756171, PMCID: PMC9900669, DOI: 10.1177/23259671221144767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreoperative magnetic resonance imagingMedial meniscal ramp lesionsAcute grade 3Meniscal ramp lesionsMultiligament knee injuriesMagnetic resonance imagingPosterolateral corner knee injuriesRamp lesionsPLC injuriesIntraclass correlation coefficientGrade 3Knee injuriesBone bruisingBone bruiseAnterior cruciate ligament injuryLevel 1 trauma centerCruciate ligament injuryDays of injuryCross-sectional studyLevel of evidenceMeniscocapsular tearsConsecutive patientsLigament injuryTrauma centerMultiligament reconstructionCombined Repair of Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions and Posterior Root Tears of the Lateral Meniscus During Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Moran J, Homan M, LaPrade C, Kennedy N, LaPrade R. Combined Repair of Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions and Posterior Root Tears of the Lateral Meniscus During Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. JBJS Case Connector 2023, 13: e22.00659. PMID: 36795863, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.cc.22.00659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial meniscal ramp lesionsAnterior cruciate ligament reconstructionMeniscal ramp lesionsCruciate ligament reconstructionLateral meniscus root tearsRamp lesionsLigament reconstructionRevision anterior cruciate ligament reconstructionRoot tearsRevision ACL reconstructionShort-term outcomesPosterior root tearMeniscus root tearsTranstibial pullout repairACL reconstructionClinical outcomesCase reportCombined repairLateral meniscusOne-yearPullout repairRepair techniquesPatientsLesionsTears
2024
Inside-Out Repair of Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Moran J, LaPrade C, LaPrade R. Inside-Out Repair of Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques 2024, 14: e22.00037. PMID: 39364325, PMCID: PMC11444584, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.st.22.00037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute anterior cruciate ligamentMedial meniscal ramp lesionsMeniscal ramp lesionsRamp lesionsPosterior horn of the medial meniscusACL graft failureMeniscocapsular junctionPosterior hornMagnetic resonance imagingGraft failureMeniscectomy rateDiagnostic sensitivity of magnetic resonance imagingInside-out repairPosteromedial incisionPosterior cruciate ligamentSurgical siteAcute anterior cruciate ligament injuryAnterolateral portalKnee instabilityAcute anterior cruciate ligament tearsRamp repairCombined posterior cruciate ligamentIsolated ACLR groupTime of ACLRYears of follow-up
2023
Concurrent Repair of Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions and Lateral Meniscus Root Tears in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: The “New Terrible Triad”
LaPrade C, Homan M, Moran J, Kennedy N, LaPrade R. Concurrent Repair of Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions and Lateral Meniscus Root Tears in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: The “New Terrible Triad”. Arthroscopy Techniques 2023, 12: e1565-e1578. PMID: 37780663, PMCID: PMC10533866, DOI: 10.1016/j.eats.2023.04.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial meniscal ramp lesionsLateral meniscus root tearsMeniscal ramp lesionsMeniscus root tearsRamp lesionsTerrible triadPatients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament ReconstructionRoot tearsAnterior cruciate ligament reconstructionAnterior cruciate ligament tearsACL graft failureCruciate ligament reconstructionACL reconstruction surgeryCruciate ligament tearsRepair techniquesGraft failureLigament reconstructionLigament tearsACL pathologyReconstruction surgeryConcurrent repairArthroscopic assessmentTearsBiomechanical consequencesLesions
2022
Dual Posteromedial Portal Technique for Surgical Repair of an Unstable Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesion
Green J, Yalcin S, Moran J, McLaughlin W, Medvecky M. Dual Posteromedial Portal Technique for Surgical Repair of an Unstable Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesion. Video Journal Of Sports Medicine 2022, 2: 26350254221122583. DOI: 10.1177/26350254221122583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial meniscal ramp lesionsMeniscal ramp lesionsRamp lesionsSurgical repairPosteromedial portalPosteromedial compartmentAnterior cruciate ligament ruptureConcomitant ACL rupturePosteromedial portal techniqueACL graft failureCruciate ligament ruptureSuccessful surgical repairArthroscopic labral repairACL ruptureGraft failureLigament ruptureStructural lesionsSurgical technique videoCapsular attachmentMeniscocapsular junctionPortal techniqueLabral repairArthroscopic approachLesionsMeniscus healingPosteromedial tibial plateau bone bruises are associated with medial meniscal ramp lesions in patients with concomitant anterior cruciate ligament ruptures: a systematic review & meta-analysis
Green JS, Moran J, Marcel A, Joo PY, McLaughlin WM, Manzi JE, Yalcin S, Wang A, Porrino J, Jimenez AE, Medvecky MJ, Katz LD. Posteromedial tibial plateau bone bruises are associated with medial meniscal ramp lesions in patients with concomitant anterior cruciate ligament ruptures: a systematic review & meta-analysis. The Physician And Sportsmedicine 2022, 51: 531-538. PMID: 35915996, DOI: 10.1080/00913847.2022.2108350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial meniscal ramp lesionsMeniscal ramp lesionsMagnetic resonance imagingPreoperative magnetic resonance imagingRamp lesionsEgger's linear regression testBone bruisingACL ruptureBone bruiseGreater oddsPublication biasPre-operative magnetic resonance imagingAcute ACL injuryBone bruise patternsConcomitant ACL ruptureConcomitant anterior cruciate ligamentAnterior cruciate ligamentFunnel plot analysisLinear regression testTimes greater oddsWeb of ScienceACL injuryCochrane LibraryMethodological IndexPooled studies