FUNCTIONAL ULTRASOUND OF THE CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS – A SAFE METHOD TO DETECT KNEE INSTABILITY AND TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT THERAPY

Problemstellung: Trauma to the knee joint often induces ligament insufficiency, either to the anterior or the posterior cruciate ligament (ACL/PCL). Depending on the quality of history taking and physical examination an ACL/PCL insufficiency can be missed which results in chronic instability with secondary cartilage defects and arthrosis. A fixed posterior tibial position following a PCL injury is hard to treat and results after operative repair are often bad. Here we report about our technique of functional ultrasound as a screening method to detect ligament insufficiency in the knee. Methoden: 30 patients with…