26dkou465 10.3205/26dkou465 urn:nbn:de:0183-26dkou4652 Meeting Abstract Mengis Mengis Natalie N

Kantonsspital Baselland, Basel/Bruderholz, Schweiz Universität Basel, Basel, Schweiz

author Magosch Magosch Amanda A

Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg-Clinique d’Eich, Luxembourg, Luxemburg

author Mouton Mouton Caroline C

Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg-Clinique d’Eich, Luxembourg, Luxemburg

author Rippke Rippke Jules-Nikolaus JN

Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg-Clinique d’Eich, Luxembourg, Luxemburg

author Griffin Griffin Hannah H

Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg-Clinique d’Eich, Luxembourg, Luxemburg

author Seil Seil Romain R

Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg-Clinique d’Eich, Luxembourg, Luxemburg

author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 20261020 engl This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). M0659 465 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie Berufsverband für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2026) Poster | Kinderorthopädie und -traumatologie Berlin 20261020 20261023 DKOU26_Abs_2366 TextObjectives and questions: To describe the demographic and injury-related characteristics of pediatric and adolescent patients included in the Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Monitoring Initiative (PAMI) registry.Material and methods: This observational registry study analyzed prospectively collected data from 330 patients (247 male, 83 female) aged 6–17 years with MRI-confirmed ACL injuries between 2018 and 2024. Data on demographics, injury mechanism, chronological and skeletal age were extracted. Normality of continuous variables was assessed with the Shapiro–Wilk test, and descriptive statistics are reported as mean ± SD or median with interquartile range (IQR).Results: The mean chronological age at injury was 12.5 ± 2.1 years (n=330), with a mean skeletal age of 13.3 ± 2.0 years (n=167). Overall, 75% of patients were male, and injuries were evenly distributed between left (50%) and right (50%) knees. Sport was the leading cause of injury (90.3%), with non-contact mechanisms accounting for 74.2%. The most frequent sports were football (46%), alpine skiing (16%), and trampolining (6%). Girls sustained injuries at a younger age than boys (median 12.0 [IQR 11–13] vs. 13.0 [IQR 11–14] years).Discussion and conclusions: As the largest prospective dataset of its kind in Europe, the PAMI registry reveals distinctive demographic patterns and injury mechanisms in pediatric ACL injuries. These insights highlight opportunities for targeted prevention, pave the way for international consensus, and support improved decision-making in this vulnerable patient group. 0 0 0 0