An ACL injury occurs when the ACL suffers a partial or complete tear during an activity A surgery can help manage long-term ...

Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations. A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of ...

Ever thought of the difference between an ACL tear and an MCL tear Learn what makes the two different despite being located ...

Dr L J Salmon, North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, 286 Pacific Hwy, Crows Nest, Sydney NSW 2065, Australia; lsalmon{at}nsosmc.com.au If you wish to ...

For years, it was believed that a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament — the band of dense connective tissue inside the knee ...

His surgeon, David Young, operated on son Tom this year after the young Bulldog tore his ACL. 2008: Nick Malceski (12 weeks) The 'bionic man' was the first player to undergo a LARS reconstruction in ...

His question is: "Doc, can I play the season with a brace and have the ACL reconstruction ... their knee, 13 could not return to play due to symptoms, and 29 patients eventually had a ligament ...

For people with an injured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee, surgical ACL reconstruction (ACLR) is an effective treatment for restoring joint stability. However, many treated patients ...

“The prevalence of secondary meniscal and chondral injury remained relatively stable between 0 and 4 months, so we suggest that ACL reconstruction in adolescents should be planned for this windo ...

Yanke, MD, PhD, spoke about augmenting ACL reconstruction with lateral extra-articular tenodesis using an iliotibial band graft to improve stability. Yanke, associate professor and vice chair of ...