Controversies in Return to Play
Controversies in Return to Play Polly de Mille Theresa A. Chiaia INTRODUCTION Scope of Problem Roughly 2 million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur worldwide each year, 200,000 in the…
Brief Overview of Surgical Anterior Cruciate Ligament Options: Algorithm Based on Skeletal Age
Brief Overview of Surgical Anterior Cruciate Ligament Options: Algorithm Based on Skeletal Age Frank A. Cordasco Daniel W. Green THE AUTHORS’ SURGICAL TREATMENT ALGORITHM Our surgical treatment algorithm is outlined…
Technique: Complete Transphyseal Hamstring Autograft
Technique: Complete Transphyseal Hamstring Autograft Nathan A. Mall George A. Paletta Jr. INTRODUCTION The number of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions performed in the United States has been increasing, with…
Technique: Partial Transphyseal (Hybrid)
Technique: Partial Transphyseal (Hybrid) Kristofer J. Jones INTRODUCTION Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears were once considered an uncommon injury in the skeletally immature population. The low incidence of ACL injury…
Technique: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: All-Epiphyseal Sockets
Technique: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: All-Epiphyseal Sockets Elizabeth B. Gausden Daniel W. Green Frank A. Cordasco INTRODUCTION Although previously considered uncommon in skeletally immature patients, given the strength of the…
Technique: Anderson Technique
Technique: Anderson Technique Allen F. Anderson Christian N. Anderson INTRODUCTION Intrasubstance tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) have been recently reported with increasing frequency in skeletally immature patients. Epidemiologic…
Technique: Modified McIntosh
Technique: Modified McIntosh Brant Sachleben Mininder S. Kocher INTRODUCTION Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) were once thought to be rare occurrences among skeletally immature patients. Tibial eminence fractures…
Historical Approach: Nonoperative
Historical Approach: Nonoperative Morgan A. Anderson Jordan D. Metzl INTRODUCTION Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the pediatric population are predominantly in the form of tibial spine avulsion…
Gender-Specific Issues and Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Gender-Specific Issues and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Moira M. McCarthy Elizabeth Cody Jo A. Hannafin INTRODUCTION Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a common problem in female adolescent athletes playing cutting,…
Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics
Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics Carl W. Imhauser The knee joint allows motion in all planes based on a complicated interaction between passive constraints including bones and soft tissues and the…
