The AGA DonJoy-Award 2006 was awarded during the 23rd AGA meeting at Salzburg, Austria. Endowed with €15,000—it is one of the highest acknowledgements available in the area of musculoskeletal surgery. A jury of five persons choose the laureate(s) according to a fixed pattern. The papers submitted are evaluated according to their originality, their scientific relevance as well as their relevance to practice with regard to arthroscopy. …