Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Imagine that someone is watching the most important basketball game of the year. She jumped up, then planted her feet and lowered POP. The knees are released and the player leaves the court. The trainer made a few simple tests and judged that her ACL was highly likely to be torn. It is one of the four ligaments that serve as the main stabilizer for the knee joint, called the anterior cruciate ligament, or generally ACL. It is located at the bottom of the femur or between the femur and is attached to the upper part of the humerus or tibia (Ireland).

Surgical treatment of the anterior ligament defect knee has evolved to reinforcement of EX mitral valve using living tissue transplant from primary restoration to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. In the past few decades, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction has been improved with knowledge gained from basic science and clinical research. In the first part of this article I analyzed biology and biomechanics of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The second part discusses the current operational concept and clinical relevance of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The latest information on prenatal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction presents a demonstration of clinical outcome measures that help to improve the correlation between application of basic scientific knowledge and goals

Part 2 of the current trend of reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament Surgical treatment and clinical significance

As more attention is paid to today's physical activity, the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury has also increased. In epidemiological studies, the prevalence of anterior cruciate ligament injury is estimated to be about 1 to 3,000 Americans. Management of these injuries has evolved from non-surgical treatment, extracapsular reinforcement and primary ligament repair to reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. Through application of knowledge gained from basic science and clinical research, the treatment of these injuries has been significantly improved over the past several decades. This article is in two parts. The first part outlines the science underlying the biology and biomechanics of the anterior cruciate ligament and the reconstruction. In the second part, review the current concept of reconstructive surgery and clinical relevance, and publish later.

Current trends in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Part 1: Biological and biomechanical reconstruction