Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACL reconstruction is one of the most common orthopedic procedures. Although this procedure has a high success ...
Although there is general consensus that surgical reconstruction has advantages over nonoperative treatment, surgical failure in skeletally immature children has resulted in a number of unanswered ...
ACL reconstruction surgery can help restore mobility and stability to the knee following a severe injury. These injuries include tearing and are more common in athletes. The anterior cruciate ligament ...
While the injury is still a serious one and the rehabilitation can take more than half a year, the actual procedure to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee is relatively simple. It ...
Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a surgery designed to restore knee stability and strength after the ligament has been torn. The remnants of the torn ligament must be removed ...
What’s new in ACL reconstruction? Recently, the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) published their data on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The MOON group studied over ...
July 17, 2009 (Keystone, Colorado) — Orthopaedists might feel more comfortable with the transtibial approach to the femoral tunnel when performing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction ...
Background: Individuals who sustain a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are at an increased risk for developing early-onset knee osteoarthritis (OA). The mechanism behind the early onset ...
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the major ligaments of the knee. A ligament is a strong band of tissue. Your ACL is located in the middle of your knee and runs from your femur (thigh ...