SYNOPSIS Successful return to previous level of activity following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is not guaranteed, and the prevalence of second ACL injury may be as high as 30%. In particular, younger athletes who return to sports activities within the first several months after ACL reconstruction may be at significantly greater risk of a second ACL rupture compared to older,...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most important stabilizers of the knee joint. It resists anterior tibial translation and serves as a secondary restraint to internal tibial rotation [1–3]. ACL deficiency frequently leads to symptomatic knee instability, and is associated with both shortand long-term consequences, including meniscal and articular cartilage lesions and progressi...

OBJECTIVE To review surgical and animal experimental studies performed with open growth plates in relation with pediatric anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. BACKROUND When it comes to the treatment of ACL injured children, there is a lack of current international guidelines, leaving the treating physicians with a therapeutic dilemma. A variety of surgical and animal experimental...

The aim of our review is to identify the reconstruction technique that has a superior functional outcome and decreased number of complications for the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). We have divided our review into 2 sections. Our primary question evaluates the functional results and complications of autografts compared to allografts for ACL reconstruction. Our subsidiary question evaluates t...

CONTEXT Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most common surgical procedures, with more than 200,000 ACL tears occurring annually. Although primary ACL reconstruction is a successful operation, success rates still range from 75% to 97%. Consequently, several thousand revision ACL reconstructions are performed annually and are unfortunately associated with inferio...

Direct anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair has been described with different suture techniques after acute ACL injury, but these procedures showed high failure rates. Recent studies, however, led to a better understanding of the biology of primary ACL healing. This article describes a novel technique combining the "healing response technique" with primary anatomic double-bundle ACL reinsert...

INTRODUCTION Both semitendinosus-gracilis (STG) and patella tendon bone (PTB) are frequently selected grafts for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in dancers. Although STG and PTB reconstruction outcomes appear to be outwardly similar when assessing the knee joint in isolation, it is unclear whether there are limitations in multi-joint control following these procedures. Kinematic...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction has undergone numerous advances over the past two decades. In the early 1970s, Jones21 popularized open arthrotomy reconstruction using the central one third of the patellar ligament. The 1980s witnessed arthroscopic-assisted techniques that obviated the use of an arthrotomy.3,19,37 Endoscopic ACL reconstruction using a single anterior incision is...

BACKGROUND Long-term prospective follow-up studies of single-incision endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are limited and may include confounding factors. PURPOSE This longitudinal prospective study reports the outcomes of isolated ACL reconstruction using middle-third patellar tendon autografts in 90 patients over 20 years. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of evidence...

Data on meniscal repair after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) is scarce. This study aimed to report clinical outcomes and failure rate for isolated repairs in patients with a prior history of ACLR. was collected who underwent stable knee ACLR minimum follow-up 2 years. Preoperative evaluation stability performed instrumented differential laxity. Tegner activity scale, ACL...