2023
Patient-reported outcomes and return to pre-injury activities after surgical treatment of multi-ligamentous knee injuries in patients over 40-years-old: Average 5-years follow-up
Li Z, Green J, Chalem I, Triana J, Rao N, Hughes A, Campbell K, Jazrawi L, Medvecky M, Alaia M. Patient-reported outcomes and return to pre-injury activities after surgical treatment of multi-ligamentous knee injuries in patients over 40-years-old: Average 5-years follow-up. The Knee 2023, 46: 89-98. PMID: 38070381, DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2023.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMulti-ligamentous knee injuriesPre-injury activitiesSurgical treatmentLysholm scoreOlder patientsCase seriesClinical outcomesKnee injuriesInternational Knee Documentation Committee scoreMulti-center retrospective case seriesFair clinical outcomePre-injury sportTegner activity scaleRetrospective case seriesTime of injuryPatient-reported outcomesMean IKDCPreoperative characteristicsKnee dislocationDevastating injuriesPatientsActivity ScaleIKDCInjuryStepwise linear regression
2007
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Evaluation, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of the Multi-Ligament Injured Athlete
Medvecky MJ, Zazulak BT, Hewett TE. A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Evaluation, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of the Multi-Ligament Injured Athlete. Sports Medicine 2007, 37: 169-187. PMID: 17241105, DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737020-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLigament injuryKnee injuriesCruciate ligamentLateral collateral ligament injurySerious knee ligament injuriesFull recoveryCollateral ligament injuriesKnee ligament injuriesLimb-threatening injuriesAnterior cruciate ligamentDiagnostic imaging evaluationRecent surgical advancesPosterior cruciate ligamentMedial collateral ligamentKnee dislocationDevastating injuriesImaging evaluationTotal disabilityImproved outcomesSurgical advancesAllograft tissueCollateral ligamentRehabilitative interventionsRehabilitative techniquesOrthopaedic literature