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• Demonstrates that traumatic hemarthrosis with a benign-appearing exam should not be reassuring — the majority of these knees harbored a significant ACL injury, often with concomitant meniscal or chondral damage. • Shows that awake clinical testing (anterior drawer) substantially underestimates ACL pathology, reinforcing the value of exam under anesthesia and arthroscopic assessment when the diagnosis is unclear after acute injury. • Provided early evidence that accurate structural diagnosis — not just clinical suspicion — is necessary to build a rational treatment plan for the acutely injured knee.
No article notes available at this time.
• Demonstrates that traumatic hemarthrosis with a benign-appearing exam should not be reassuring — the majority of these knees harbored a significant ACL injury, often with concomitant meniscal or chondral damage. • Shows that awake clinical testing (anterior drawer) substantially underestimates ACL pathology, reinforcing the value of exam under anesthesia and arthroscopic assessment when the diagnosis is unclear after acute injury. • Provided early evidence that accurate structural diagnosis — not just clinical suspicion — is necessary to build a rational treatment plan for the acutely injured knee.