<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are frequently seen in current practice mostly affecting the young, active subjects, and usually require ligament reconstruction in order to restore normal knee kinematics. As worldwide interest in anatomic reconstruction grew over the last decade, we have also refined our technique in order to restore the anatomical function as near to the normal as possible. This anatomical restoration concept is believed to prevent the onset of osteoarthritis, which the non-anatomic reconstructions fail to attain. The knowledge gained from the ACL anatomy, function and kinematics has helped in developing the current anatomic methods of reconstruction, which take into account patient anatomy, the rupture pattern, as well as the comorbidities. We present our approach to anatomical single- and double-bundle ACL reconstruction.</p></abstract>

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are frequently seen in current practice mostly affecting the young, active subjects, and usually require ligament reconstruction in order to restore normal knee kinematics. As worldwide interest in anatomic reconstruction grew over the last decade, we have also refined our technique in order to restore the anatomical function as near to the normal as possible. This anatomical restoration concept is believed to prevent the onset of osteoarthritis, which the non-anatomic reconstructions fail to attain. The knowledge gained from the ACL anatomy, function and kinematics has helped in developing the current anatomic methods of reconstruction, which take into account patient anatomy, the rupture pattern, as well as the comorbidities. We present our approach to anatomical single- and double-bundle ACL reconstruction.

Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. How Do We Do It?

“Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca,

“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest,

“Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara,

“Victor Papillan” Faculty of Medicine, “Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu, Str. Lucian Blaga nr. 2A 550169,

“Victor Papillan” Faculty of Medicine, “Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu,

University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș,

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are frequently seen in current practice mostly affecting the young, active subjects, and usually require ligament...

Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. How Do We Do It?

Publicado en línea: 25 nov 2016

Páginas: 36 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0053

Palabras clave
ACL reconstruction, anatomy, single-bundle, double-bundle

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. How Do We Do It?

Publicado en línea: 25 nov 2016

Páginas: 36 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0053

Palabras claveACL reconstruction, anatomy, single-bundle, double-bundle

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
ACL reconstruction, anatomy, single-bundle, double-bundle