ACL reconstruction remains one of the most common orthopedic procedures performed today—and an area of ongoing controversy. This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine explores controversies surrounding the anterolateral complex of the knee, with articles addressing ACL injury diagnosis, surgical anatomy, graft selection, and management considerations.
What you'll learn
- ACL injury diagnosis: Explore epidemiology, injury mechanisms and patterns, patient history, physical examination, and ancillary test findings, including X-ray and MRI.
- Anatomy as a foundation for ACL surgery: Review the ACL from gross, arthroscopic, and radiographic perspectives.
- Graft selection: Examine who gets which graft in ACL surgery—and why.
- Management in young athletes: Explore management of the ACL-injured knee in the skeletally immature athlete.
- Surgical indications: Review indications for two-incision (outside-in) ACL surgery, alongside additional articles in the issue.
Who this is for
For orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine clinicians, and trainees seeking to study controversies in ACL reconstruction and the anterolateral complex of the knee. The issue brings together diagnostic, anatomical, and surgical topics relevant to understanding ACL care.
Details
- Series: Clinics in Sports Medicine, Volume 37-1; The Clinics: Orthopedics, Volume 37-1
- Authors: Freddie H. Fu, Marcin Kowalczuk
- Edition: 1
- Brand / library: Orthopedics Library
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Publication date: December 1, 2017
- Pages: 185
- ISBN: 9780323566582, 0323566588
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