Current Trends in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 28 (1), 124-130
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465000280010801
Abstract
Surgical management of the anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee has evolved from primary repair to extracapsular augmentation to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using biologic tissue grafts. The technique of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction has improved over the last few decades with the aid of knowledge gained from basic science and clinical research. The biology and biomechanics of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were analyzed in the previously published first part of this article. In this second part, current operative concepts of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction as well as clinical correlations are discussed. The latest information regarding anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is presented with a goal of demonstrating the correlation between the application of basic science knowledge and the improvement of clinical outcomes.Keywords
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