Skeletally Immature Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Invited Perspectives of POSNA Member Experts

Aristides Cruz; Nirav Pandya; Theodore Ganley; Mininder Kocher

doi:10.55275/JPOSNA-2019-10

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Published: Nov 1, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55275/JPOSNA-2019-10

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ACL Sports Athlete

Aristides I. Cruz Jr.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI

Nirav K. Pandya

Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA

Theodore J. Ganley

Division of Orthopaedics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Mininder S. Kocher

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Abstract

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears account for a significant and increaseing number of sports related injuries in young athletes. There are several described techniques for "physeal respecting" ACL reconstruction. Each described technique distinguishes itself in a variety of ways. The goal of this invited perspectives article is to dicuss pediatric sports medicine experts' approach, preferred ACL reconstruction techniques, and rationale when evaluating a skeletally immature patient with an ACL tear.

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Cruz, A., Pandya, N., Ganley, T., & Kocher, M. (2019). Skeletally Immature Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Invited Perspectives of POSNA Member Experts. Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.55275/JPOSNA-2019-10

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): November 2019 - The Inaugural Issue

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Sports

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