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Torn ACLs may heal with therapy instead of surgery, though some surgeons aren’t convinced

ACL tears are one of the most common and debilitating knee injuries that can hobble both professional and amateur athletes. It's long been thought that a torn ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, has ...
Healio

Quadriceps autograft may be a viable option for revision ACL reconstruction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Quadriceps autograft outperformed bone-patellar tendon-bone in patient-reported outcomes at 6 months and 1 year.
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Meniscal procedures are not increased with delayed ACL reconstruction and rehabilitation: results from a randomised controlled trial

Correspondence to Dr Duncan E Meuffels, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands; d.meuffels{at}erasmusmc.nl Objective To assess whether initial ...
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Augmented ACL reconstruction yielded faster functional recovery vs. no augmentation

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACL reconstruction with bone marrow aspirate, demineralized bone matrix and suture tape may improve functional ...
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Sport-specific concomitant injuries, return-to-sport rates and second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in adolescents with ACL reconstruction

Objective To evaluate differences in sport-specific concomitant injuries, return-to-sport (RTS), second ACL injuries and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales after adolescent ...