Imaging of anterior cruciate ligament repair and its complications.
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.
Meyers
Arthur B
AB
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Haims
Andrew H
AH
Menn
Kirsten
K
Moukaddam
Hicham
H
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