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Methods: The TraumaRegister DGU\u00ae (TR-DGU) was queried (01\/2009\u201312\/2016). Inclusion criteria for selection from the database: maximum abbreviated injury severity \u2265 3 points (MAIS 3+). Participating countries: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The two main groups included a \u201ccontrol\u201d and a \u201cknee injury\u201d group. The injury severity score (ISS) and new ISS (NISS) were used for injury severity classification, and the abbreviated injury scale (AIS) was used to classify the severity of the knee injury. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate various risk factors for knee injuries. Results: The study cohort included 139,462 severely injured trauma patients. We identified 4411 individuals (3.2%) with a ligament injury around the knee joint (\u201cknee injury\u201d group) and 1153 patients with a knee dislocation (0.8%). The risk for associated injuries of the peroneal nerve and popliteal artery were significantly increased in dislocated knees when compared to controls (peroneal nerve from 0.4% to 6.7%, popliteal artery from 0.3% to 6.9%, respectively). Among the predictors for knee injuries were specific mechanisms of injury: e.g., pedestrian struck (Odds ratio [OR] 3.2, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.69\u20133.74 p \u2264 0.001), motorcycle (OR 3.0, 95% CI: 2.58\u20133.48, p \u2264 0.001), and motor vehicle accidents (OR 2.2, 95% CI: 1.86\u20132.51, p \u2264 0.001) and associated skeletal injuries, e.g., patella (OR 2.3, 95% CI: 1.99\u20132.62, p \u2264 0.001), tibia (OR 1.9, 95% CI: 1.75\u20132.05, p \u2264 0.001), and femur (OR 1.8, 95% CI: 1.64\u20131.89, p \u2264 0.001), but neither male sex nor general injury severity (ISS). Conclusion: Ligament injuries and knee dislocations are associated with high-risk mechanisms and concomitant skeletal injuries of the lower extremity, but are not predicted by general injury severity or sex. Despite comparable ISS, knee injuries prolong the hospital length of stay. Delayed or missed diagnosis of knee injuries can be prevented by comprehensive clinical evaluation after fracture fixation and a high index of suspicion is advised, especially in the presence of the above mentioned risk factors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm9051437","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,12]],"date-time":"2020-05-12T10:53:55Z","timestamp":1589280835000},"page":"1437","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Which Risk Factors Predict Knee Ligament Injuries in Severely Injured Patients?\u2014Results from an International Multicenter Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8778-8002","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christian D.","family":"Weber","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6254-2372","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lucian B.","family":"Solomon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopaedic and Trauma Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma Research, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Adelaide, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0141-1747","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rolf","family":"Lefering","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Witten\/Herdecke University, 51109 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Klemens","family":"Horst","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philipp","family":"Kobbe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frank","family":"Hildebrand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"name":"TraumaRegister DGU","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3038","DOI":"10.1007\/s00167-015-3720-7","article-title":"Simultaneous bilateral multiligamentous knee injuries are associated with more severe multisystem trauma compared to unilateral injuries","volume":"23","author":"Burrus","year":"2015","journal-title":"Knee Surg. 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