Luggage tag capture of the base of the ligamentous ACL with FiberWire suture is illustrated (c). Passage of the free ends of the suture through the subchondral avulsion fragment is demonstrated (d).

A 70-year-old woman presented to the ED after being kicked by her horse on the lateral side of her left knee. She experienced immediate severe left knee pain, which was accompanied by significant ...

Background The methodological quality of studies on treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in skeletally immature children after ACL injury is low, and no prospective studies have ...

An avulsion fracture, which is what the Hawks medical staff diagnosed the injury as, means a ligament in his right knee was stretched and instead of tearing, which is seen in a torn ACL and other ...

As the World Cup kicks off, many of the big names in women's soccer are notably absent from the international competition because of knee injuries, specifically ACL tears. It’s part of what some ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Christina Allen, the chief of Yale Sports Medicine and an ACL surgery specialist, about the reasons women tend to have more ACL injuries than men.