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Posterior Oblique Ligament
Injury to the posterior oblique ligament is generally suggestive of concomitant damage to other ligamentous structures in the knee. A thorough history and exam are required to identify potential injury to the ...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare Decision-Making
Artificial intelligence, and more specifically, its subset machine learning, have been increasingly impacting the field of orthopedic surgery. The number of machine learning-related publications within the ort...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Knee Dislocation
Knee dislocations have historically been severe and potentially limb-threatening injuries. Over the last several decades, the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation for knee dislocations have improved, leadi...
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Richard Steadman dies at 85
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Knee Ligament Injuries
An understanding of anatomy and mechanisms of injury are important for proper identification and treatment of knee ligament tears. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) resists anterior translation and internal...
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Management of Posterolateral Corner Injury in the Multiligament Injured Knee
The primary stabilizers of the posterolateral corner (PLC) are the fibular collateral ligament (FCL), the popliteus tendon (PLT), and the popliteofibular ligament (PFL), and they all serve as primary stabilize...
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Open AccessImaging-detected bone stress injuries at the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympics: epidemiology, injury onset, and competition withdrawal rate
Prevention and early detection of injuries are essential in optimising sport participation and performance. The aim of this study is to investigate the epidemiology, athlete injury history, and competition wit...
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Full thickness quadriceps tendon grafts with bone had similar material properties to bone-patellar tendon-bone and a four-strand semitendinosus grafts: a biomechanical study
Despite increasing interest in utilizing quadriceps tendon (QT) grafts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), data on the optimal quadriceps graft thickness are limited. The purpose of this study...
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Low annual hospital volume of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is not associated with higher revision rates
Surgery performed in low-volume centres has been associated with longer operating time, longer hospital stays, lower functional outcomes, and higher rates of revision surgery, complications and mortality. This...
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Open AccessGood validity in the Norwegian Knee Ligament Register: assessment of data quality for key variables in primary and revision cruciate ligament reconstructions from 2004 to 2013
The Norwegian Knee Ligament Register was founded in 2004 to provide representative and reliable data on cruciate ligament surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of key variables in the Nor...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Treatment after anterior cruciate ligament injury: Panther Symposium ACL Treatment Consensus Group
The author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an Open Access publication.
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Open AccessMachine learning algorithm to predict anterior cruciate ligament revision demonstrates external validity
External validation of machine learning predictive models is achieved through evaluation of model performance on different groups of patients than were used for algorithm development. This important step is un...
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Olympics
This is a chapter regarding the orthopedic surgeon and the Olympic Games. 900 physicians attend each Summer Game and the majority are orthopedic surgeons. Although the IOC has a 2-year diploma course in sports...
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The Evidence Regarding ACL Repair
In the history of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery, ACL repair was the first surgical ligament procedure attempted to restore knee stability. The first repair was reported in 1895. In the early twentie...
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Open AccessYoung men in sports are at highest risk of acromioclavicular joint injuries: a prospective cohort study
To study the incidence of acromioclavicular joint injuries in a general population.
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Open AccessPreliminary experience of an international orthopaedic registry: the ESSKA Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Initiative (PAMI) registry
Paediatric and adolescent ACL injuries are an emerging health burden, increasing at a higher rate than in adults. They compromise quality of life, affect knee structure and function, lead to the early developm...
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Low surgical routine increases revision rates after quadriceps tendon autograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: results from the Danish Knee Ligament Reconstruction Registry
Recent registry data have demonstrated a higher revision rate of quadriceps tendon (QT) graft compared with hamstring tendon (HT) and patellar tendon (PT) grafts. Clinic routines could be an important factor f...
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Luge, Bobsleigh, Skeleton
The Olympic Winter sliding sports include luge, bobsleigh, and skeleton. Collectively, these sports demonstrate a relatively high rate of injury among athletes competing in the Winter Olympic Games. Athletes a...
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Response letter to “Higher re-rupture rate in quadriceps tendon ACL reconstruction surgeries performed in Denmark: let’s return to the mean” by Matthieu Ollivier (Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05751-5)
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Open AccessTreatment after anterior cruciate ligament injury: Panther Symposium ACL Treatment Consensus Group
Treatment strategies for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries continue to evolve. Evidence supporting best practice guidelines for the management of ACL injury is to a large extent based on studies with l...
