Articular cartilage lesions in the symptomatic anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee.

Purpose: The goal of the study was to report the prevalence of the lesions of the articular cartilage of the femoral condyles and tibial plateau in patients with a symptomatic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-deficient knee undergoing day-case arthroscopy.

Type Of Study: Case series study.

Methods: We studied 378 skeletally mature patients (average age, 27.