Non-operative treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries: two-thirds avoid surgery at 2-year follow-up in a nationwide cohort
In this active population of ACL injured patients treated non-operatively, two-thirds remained non-operatively treated at 2 years. Younger patients, those engaged in pivoting sports preinjury and those with baseline meniscal injuries had higher risks of undergoing delayed ACLR. KOOS scores were similar between non-operative and delayed ACLR patients.
Authors
- Rune Bruhn Jakobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-9516)
- Anders Persson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9446-6981)
- Lars Fredrik Engebretsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2294-921X)
- Anne Marie Fenstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6429-0153)
- Håvard Moksnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6864-7490)
- Caroline Kooy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4171-0727)
- Guri Ranum Ekås (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3677-1101)
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Akershus University Hospital (NO)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-109890
- Primary Topic
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00