PMID- 33552765
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231110
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Jan 3
TI  - Posterior Cruciate Ligament Repair With Suture Augmentation: A Report of Two 
      Cases With Two-Year Follow-Up.
PG  - e12447
LID - 10.7759/cureus.12447 [doi]
LID - e12447
AB  - We present two cases of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) repair with suture 
      augmentation (SA) in the setting of multiligamentous knee injury (MLKI). 
      Excellent clinical outcomes were obtained at two-year follow-up with both 
      patients returning to sport following injury. Both patients demonstrated 
      improvements in Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) that exceeded 
      the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) as reported in the literature 
      for ligamentous knee injuries. One patient developed arthrofibrosis, which was 
      successfully treated with manipulation under anesthesia and arthroscopic lysis of 
      adhesions two months postoperatively. Both patients had full knee range of motion 
      (ROM) by a one-year follow-up. One patient returned to full preinjury level of 
      sport at six months postoperatively while the other patient returned to 50% of 
      preinjury intensity at two-year follow-up. This series of two cases of PCL repair 
      with SA in MLKIs demonstrates that PCL repair with SA is a viable procedure that 
      can result in excellent short-term outcomes and restore knee stability.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021, Shu et al.
FAU - Shu, Henry T
AU  - Shu HT
AD  - Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
FAU - Rigor, Paolo
AU  - Rigor P
AD  - Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC, 
      USA.
FAU - Panish, Brian J
AU  - Panish BJ
AD  - Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC, 
      USA.
FAU - Connolly, Patrick
AU  - Connolly P
AD  - Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC, 
      USA.
FAU - Argintar, Evan
AU  - Argintar E
AD  - Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20210103
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC7854336
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - internal brace
OT  - knee dislocation
OT  - ligament repair
OT  - multiligamentous knee injury
OT  - posterior cruciate ligament
COIS- The authors have declared financial relationships, which are detailed in the next 
      section.
EDAT- 2021/02/09 06:00
MHDA- 2021/02/09 06:01
PMCR- 2021/01/03
CRDT- 2021/02/08 05:41
PHST- 2021/02/08 05:41 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/02/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/02/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.12447 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2021 Jan 3;13(1):e12447. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12447.