a 25 year-old man presented with pain, swelling, and intermittent drainage from distal lateral aspect of his left knee three months after undergoing isolated acl reconstruction with arthroscopic hamstring autograft and endobottom technique. his surgeon at that time tried to eliminate the pathology through arthroscopic wash out in two attempts. however, the pain, edema, and discharge recurred af...

BACKGROUND Recent years have seen anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction being performed in a broad range of patients, regardless of age, sex and occupation, thanks to great advances in surgical techniques, surgical instruments and basic research. In cases of ACL reconstruction, bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) graft or hamstring graft are frequency used. However, potential complication...

To cite: Ellanti P, Mulhall KJ. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014207516 DESCRIPTION A 19-year-old male presented with a rupture of the previously reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of his right knee. He had sustained his initial injury 4 years previously while playing soccer and had undergone an ACL reconstruction with an ipsilateral...

To cite: Fabricant PD, Lakomkin N, Cruz AI, et al. JISAKOS Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ jisakos-2015-000012 ABSTRACT Background Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are being seen and treated with increasing frequency in children and adolescent athletes. The superiority of treating ACL tears in children and adolescents with acute reconstruction, delayed...

BACKGROUND Limited information exists regarding predictors of general quality of life following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with up to six-year follow-up. We hypothesized that certain variables evaluated at the time of ACL reconstruction will predict the general quality of life as measured by the Short Form-36 (SF-36). METHODS All unilateral ACL reconstructions from 2002 t...

Objectives: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft tears and contralateral ACL are both relatively common following primary reconstruction (ACLR). While some prior studies have combined these injuries as an outcome variable (“subsequent injury”), there is little work comparing the outcomes of injuries. We hypothesize that patient reported measures (PROMs) activity level lower revision ACLR than...

Methods: As the Multicenter ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) Revision Study (MARS) Group, we conducted a multicenter, prospective longitudinal cohort study of patients undergoing revision surgery after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. We followed 632 patients who underwent radiographic evaluation of the knee (an anteroposterior weight-bearing radiograph, a posteroanterior weight-beari...

ligament injury in young population who want to participate in sports activities, such as basketball, soccer and skiing. The current standard treatment for this ligament injury is mimicking the native ACL by fixation of an autograft or allograft in the drilled bone tunnels. Orthopedic surgeons hope the reconstructed ACL can restore joint stability and diminish subsequent meniscal and articular ...

BACKGROUND During the preoperative discussion prior to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), patients are often interested in data regarding rates of revision reconstruction, reoperation, concomitant pathologic changes, and future contralateral ACL injury. PURPOSE To analyze a single surgeon's experience with primary and revision ACLR over a 30-year interval, focusing on incidence...