The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by a cruciate ligament rupture (cruciate ligament tear):
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).
- Posttraumatic osteoarthritis – joint wear and tear caused by an injury to the joint.
Injuries, poisoning and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98) may occur combined with cruciate ligament rupture
- Fracture (bone fracture) in the tibia/calf region.
- Cartilage / bone damage in the knee.
- Meniscus injury, unspecified
- Unhappy traid injury (engl. “unhappy triad”) – combination of a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (lat. Ligamentum cruciatum anterius), the medial meniscus (Meniscus medialis) and the medial collateral ligament (lat. Ligamentum collaterale tibiale).
- Recurrence (recurrence) of cruciate ligament rupture in anterior cruciate ligament tear after endoscopic reconstructive surgery – 31% of adolescents suffered a recurrence of cruciate ligament injury in the subsequent 15 years:
- 11.2% of cases ruptured the graft
- 13.6% tore the contralateral (“opposite knee”) anterior cruciate ligament
- 6.3% happened both
