The researchers identified 1,141 Division I athletes at a single institution, in an effort to investigate the relationship between precollegiate surgery and subsequent injury requiring surgery. Of these 1,141 athletes, 16.3 percent had a history of precollegiate knee surgery.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. There were 261 orthopedic surgeries in 15.9 percent, or 181 of the athletes.
2. Precollegiate knee surgery was an independent predictor of subsequent orthopedic surgery in college athletes.
3. Compared with other extremities, athletes with a history of precollegiate surgery were at highest risk for subsequent ipsilateral extremity surgery.
4. When considering the contralateral extremity, there was no additional risk of subsequent surgery.
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