title: Imaging of anterior cruciate ligament repair and its complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article provides a review of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction procedures and their normal postoperative appearance. Then, we review commonly encountered complications: those associated with decreased range of motion (impingement, arthrofibrosis, intraarticular bodies, ganglion cysts) and those associated with laxity (graft tearing, graft stretching). Finally, we review some miscellaneous complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the number of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction, it is important for radiologists to be familiar with the different reconstruction surgeries and their common complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Andrew H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Haims
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Menn
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moukaddam
mesh_terms: D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001863:Bone Screws; D050376:Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafting; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous