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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 Patient 2 – Anterior cruciate ligament injury severity scale [23] (ACLISS): grade II

From: Case report: unusual posteromedial capsular lesion with posterior lateral meniscus root tear in two patients with constitutional genu recurvatum presenting after an acute ACL injury

Category

Tibiofemoral compartment

Score per category

Medial

Score

Lateral

Score

Ligament

Grade 2 MCL injury

1

/

/

1/1

Meniscus

Major unstable MM tear

2

Major unstable LM tear

2

4/4

Bone

No bone bruise

0

Bone bruise of TP AND FC

2

 
 

/

/

No associated fracture

0

2/5

Cartilage

No grade 3 or 4 lesion

0

No grade 3 or 4 lesion

0

0/2

Score per compartment

 

3/6

 

4/6

Total: 7/12

Grade: IIa

  1. FC Femoral Condyle, LM Lateral Meniscus, MCL Medial Collateral Ligament, MM Medial Meniscus, TP Tibial plateau
  2. aACLISS grade I score: < 4 (Mild severity); ACLISS grade II score: between ≥ 4 and ≤ 7 (moderate severity); ACLISS grade III score: > 7 (high severity)
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