Researchers examined 868 knees that underwent ACL reconstruction, and found that 144 knees were diagnosed as having a ramp lesion. All patients received arthroscopic surgery for ACL reconstruction.
The average age of the patients was 24.7 years, and patients younger than 30 years of age had a significantly higher prevalence of ramp lesions. There was also a higher prevalence of ramp lesions among the male participants.
Read the abstract about ramp lesions.
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