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

Injuries of the ACL with open physes (Figure ... less likely to cause angular deformity with growth. Only soft tissue grafts should traverse the physis. Bone blocks or fixation devices that ...

Single-bundle versus double-bundle repair, whether to leave the ruptured ACL remnant in the knee, the selection of the graft tissue, graft placement, and whether to use the transtibial ...

Revision reconstruction of the ACL is becoming a common operation following the failure of primary graft. This study looked at the aetiology of primary ACL graft failure and choices of graft used for ...

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

In this video from , Adam B. Yanke, MD, PhD, spoke about augmenting ACL reconstruction with lateral extra-articular tenodesis using an iliotibial band graft to improve stability.Yanke, associate ...

we almost always add an extra articular reconstruction (a graft on the side of the knee) to support the ACL reconstruction. These two steps—meniscus repair and lateral augmentation—have ...

which works by providing greater stability to the knee from rotational forces and takes stress off the ACL graft. “The majority of sports medicine surgeons in Alabama do not have significant ...

Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs has cartilage damage in his left knee that will require a bone graft surgery, Clarence Hill of ... knee that needed surgery early last season to repair a torn ACL, ...