Primary reconstruction of the medial collateral ligament in combined injury of the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments Short-term results
✍ Scribed by J. P. M. Frölke; Jacques Oskam; Pieter A. M. Vierhout
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0942-2056
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## Abstract The effects of healing time and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on healing of the medial collateral ligament and stability of the knee joint were evaluated in a rabbit model of an O'Donoghue triad injury (rupture of the medial collateral ligament with removal of the anterior c
In a prospective study, 14 patients with a complete rupture of both the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the medial collateral ligament (MCL) were treated by reconstruction of the ACL alone. The torn MCL was not addressed. The initial instability was documented clinically and by stress radiograp