Healio

Expert insights, preferences for performing bridge enhanced ACL restoration technique

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACL tears are common, with an estimated annual incidence of 68.6 per 100,000 person-years in the United States ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: ACL repair options depend on lifestyle and severity

Dear Doctors: I twisted my knee snowboarding. I thought it was just a sprain, but it turns out I have a partial tear in my ACL. My doctor says I need surgery. If I just wait and am very careful, won ...

Why are women more likely to get ACL injuries?

Sports scientists are trying to figure out why female athletes are so prone to a specific type of knee injury.
Healio

Meniscal repair may be effective in revision ACL reconstruction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed meniscal repair failure rate was 16% at 6-year follow-up. Meniscal repair failure was more ...
News Medical

ACL repair associated with better clinical and functional outcomes than ACL reconstruction

A comparison of matched patient cases involving ACL repair with ACL reconstruction found that patients who undergo ACL repair have better outcomes than those who have ACL reconstruction, ...
EurekAlert!

ACL repair patients have better outcomes than patients who undergo ACL reconstruction

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 16, 2022, 3:30 p.m.) — A comparison of matched patient cases involving ACL repair with ACL reconstruction found that patients who undergo ACL repair have better ...
Medscape

Timing of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair: Now, Later, or Never?

Functional outcomes were similar for immediate reconstruction and optional later reconstruction. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can lead to joint instability and impaired knee function ...