@article{article_1069144, title={Assessment of femoral notch morphology in male patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury: an MRI study}, journal={Acta Medica Alanya}, volume={6}, pages={225–230}, year={2022}, DOI={10.30565/medalanya.1069144}, url={https://izlik.org/JA56WN64NA}, author={Akgün, Ayşe Serap and Tekcan, Aybars}, keywords={Ön çapraz bağ, femoral çentik tipi, interkondiler çentik açısı, manyetik rezonans görüntüleme}, abstract={<p style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Aim: </b> The objective of the present study was to evaluate the femoral notch type, notch width index (NWI), notch angle (NA) and α angle in patients with ACL injury and compare with nonathletic male population, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Methods: </b> 79 patients with complete ACL tear and 80 patients as control group (aged 19-43 years) who had knee MRI were evaluated. NWI, NA measurements and notch shape were evaluated on axial fat-saturated proton-weighted sequences. Femoral notch shape was classified as A, U and W types. </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Results: </b>A statistically significant association was found between notch type, NWI, NA and ACL injury (p<0,001). Type A notch in the ACL-injured group (79.75 %) was significantly higher than the control group (24%). NWI was lower in patients with ACL-injured group than in control group (0.249 ± 0.020 vs 0.281 ± 0.022) Notch angle was lower in patients with ACL-injured group than in control group (47.15 º ± 5.63 º vs 50.73 º ± 5.44º). A significant association between stenotic notch type A and NWI (p <0,001). The α angle was lower in patients with ACL-injured group than in control group but it was not statistically different (41.9 º ±2.79 ºvs 42.06 º ±2.53 º; p= 0.978). </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Conclusion: </b>This study showed that however low NWI, NA values are a risk factor for ACL injury, the strongest predictive factor was stenotic femoral notch type A. α angle had no significant correlation in ACL injury. <br /> </p>}, number={3}, organization={yok}