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01-12-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Healing potential and surgical treatment of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in pediatric population

Authors: Marco Bigoni, Nicolo’ Zanchi, Marco Turati

Published in: Sport Sciences for Health | Issue 3/2017

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In the last years, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate has significantly increased in pediatric and adolescent patients; particularly in the age 10–14, a 19% increase of ACL tear was observed from 2007 to 2011. The national US High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study found an ACL injury rate in adolescent athlete of 6.5/100,000, with football, soccer, and basketball as high-risk sports, still lower than the adult ACL injury rate reported that varies from 25/100,000 to 45/100,000. …

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Bigoni M, Gaddi D, Gorla M et al (2016) Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament repair for proximal anterior cruciate ligament tears in skeletally immature patients: surgical technique and preliminary results. Knee. doi:10.1016/j.knee.2016.09.017 PubMed

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Title: Healing potential and surgical treatment of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in pediatric population
Authors: Marco Bigoni
Nicolo’ Zanchi
Marco Turati
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Sport Sciences for Health / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1824-7490
Electronic ISSN: 1825-1234
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-017-0375-4

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