Table 1.
MRI, varus stress radiography, and operative findings (sorted by amount of varus opening on stress radiograph)
| Age (years) | Gender | Knee | Injury grade on MRI | Varus opening (mm) | Arthroscopic drive-through sign?* | PLC stabilized?† | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACL | PCL | PLC | |||||||
| 27 | Male | Right | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7.5 | Not reported | No | |
| 71 | Male | Right | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10.0 | Not reported | Poor operative candidate | |
| 57 | Male | Right | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10.0 | Negative | No | |
| 19 | Male | Left | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 25 | Female | Left | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 38 | Male | Right | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11.5 | Not reported | No | |
| 31 | Male | Right | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 40 | Male | Left | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12.5 | Not reported | Yes | |
| 35 | Male | Right | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12.5 | Negative | No | |
| 28 | Male | Right | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | Positive | Yes | |
| 27 | Male | Right | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13.0 | Not reported | Yes | |
| 63 | Female | Right | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13.5 | Not reported | Elected nonoperative treatment | |
| 49 | Male | Left | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13.5 | Positive | Yes | |
| 21 | Male | Left | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13.5 | Not reported | No | Contralateral stress radiograph demonstrated 2.5-mm side-to-side difference |
| 19 | Male | Right | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 23 | Female | Right | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14.0 | Not reported | Yes | |
| 28 | Male | Left | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14.5 | Not reported | Surgery recommended, patient lost to followup | |
| 19 | Female | Left | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 34 | Male | Right | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 36 | Female | Right | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16.5 | Positive | Yes | |
| 29 | Female | Left | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 18 | Male | Left | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18.0 | Positive | Yes | |
| 53 | Male | Right | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19.5 | Not reported | Yes | |
| 71 | Male | Left | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19.5 | Not reported | Poor operative candidate | |
| 28 | Male | Left | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20.5 | Not reported | Yes | |
| 72 | Female | Left | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | Not reported | Yes | |
| 30 | Female | Left | 3 | 3 | 3 | 36.5 | Positive | Yes | |
* The arthroscopic “drive-through sign” was not consistently reported in all operative records; †four study patients did not undergo operative treatment of knee ligament injuries; ACL = anterior cruciate ligament; PCL = posterior cruciate ligament; PLC = posterolateral corner.