Postoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging following Arthroscopic Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair

Figure 6

Sagittal T1 (upper row) and T2 (lower row) MR images are shown of the same patient at one and five years of follow-up. At one-year follow-up, the ligament is hyperintense and even appears to have a partial rupture of the ligament. This patient was clinically stable, and no intervention was undertaken. At five-year follow-up, the ligament on MRI was continuous and hypointense.