2025 ISAKOS Biennial Congress ePoster
The Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: An Analysis Using Routine Ultrasonography of 260 Patients
Yong-Bum Joo, MD, PhD, Daejeon KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Young Mo Kim, MD, PhD, , Daejeon KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Young Chul Park, MD, Daejeon KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Chungnam national university hospital, Depratment of orthopedic surgery, Daejeon, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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Summary
True incidence of DVT, including symptomatic and asymptomatic complications, were 8.1% after ACL reconstruction. This rate is higher than the previously known incidence which has been investigated only for symptomatic patients. Injury mechanism and soft tis- sue injury should be assessed when considering thromboprophylaxis.
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Abstract
Background
Recent studies regarding deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
reconstruction investigated only symptomatic complications. The purpose of this study was to assess the true incidence of DVT after ACL reconstruction, regardless of symptom manifestation.
Materials And Methods
Medical records of 260 patients who underwent isolated ACL reconstruction between January 2014 and December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Regardless of symptom manifestation, DVT was examined for all patients at 1 week postoperatively using ultrasonography. Demographics, injury mechanism (high energy direct injury and low energy indirect injury), soft tissue injury, preoperative anterior laxity, tourniquet time, and surgical technique (transtibial, anteromedial portal, and outside-in techniques) were investigated. Soft tissue injury was evaluated on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, based on the Tscherne classification. Risk factors for proximal DVT were identified using logistic regression analyses.
Results
A total of 21 (8.1%) patients showed DVT. 5 (1.9%) patients had thrombosis at the popliteal vein; however, none of them exhibited symptoms. The other 16 patients had thrombosis at the distal veins: 1 patient at the anterior tibial vein, 5 patients at the posterior tibial vein, 3 patients at the peroneal vein, 6 patients at the soleal vein, and 1 patient at the muscular branch vein. The risk factors for proximal DVT included high energy direct injury (p = 0.013, odds ratio = 10.62) and grade 2 soft tissue injury (p = 0.039, odds ratio = 6.78).
Conclusions
The true incidence of DVT, including symptomatic and asymptomatic complications, were 8.1% after ACL reconstruction. This rate is higher than the previously known incidence which has been investigated only for symptomatic patients. Injury mechanism and soft tissue injury should be assessed when considering thromboprophylaxis.