Points of view: What are the limits in ACL reconstruction?
| Autor: | J.R. Giffin, Volker Musahl, F. Margheritini, Freddie H. Fu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Medial collateral ligament
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Anterior cruciate ligament Population Soft tissue musculoskeletal system Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Knee ligament High tibial osteotomy medicine education business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Osteoarthritis of the knee ISBN: 9782287741746 |
| Popis: | The community of middle-aged and sport-active patients is growing. There is increased interest in high-impact or high-risk sports and these activities bring with them concomitant trauma to bones, joint surfaces, and soft tissue. Epidemiological studies from the early 1990s investigated the incidence of knee ligament injuries in the United States. The average rate of knee ligament injuries was approximately 100 per 100,000 population annually (58) and can be expected to increase. Projected from this study, an estimated 70,000 isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries per year, 40,000 isolated medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries per year, and 20,000 combined ACL/MCL injuries per year occur in the United States alone. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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