Increased Total Cost and Lack of Diagnostic Utility for Emergency Department Visits After ACL Injury.

4 , 25 Even shorter delays in surgery may be significant, as Everhart et al 6 found that surgery more than 5 months after initial injury increases the odds of high-grade chondral damage by 3.11 times, and an 8-week delay increases the odds of a meniscal injury requiring operative treatment.

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