Chondral Injury Associated With ACL Injury: Assessing Progressive Chondral Degeneration With Morphologic and Quantitative MRI Techniques.

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are associated with a risk of post-traumatic osteoarthritis due to chondral damage. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques provide excellent visualization and assessment of cartilage and can detect subtle and early chondral damage. This is often preceding clinical and radiographic post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Does Not Increase Risk of Adverse Events in the First 6 Months After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Background: Increasing numbers of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Whether postsurgical adverse events (AEs) are higher in patients with SLE than patients with osteoarthritis (OA) is unknown.

Objectives: This study aims to compare AEs within 6 months of TKA.