Advances in Orthopedics

Research Article

Postoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging following Arthroscopic Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair

Table 1

Method of grading graft maturity in the ACL reconstruction literature.
MRI AppearanceHowell et al. [40]Kanamiya et al. [41]Figeroa et al. [39]
Part of graft evaluatedComplete graft>50% of graft>50% of graft
ReferencePCLGMSMT
HypointenseSimilar< intense< intense
Isointense>50% similarSimilarSimilar
Hyperintense<50% similar> intense> intense
ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; PCL, posterior cruciate ligament; GM, gastrocnemius muscle; SMT, semimembranosus tendon.