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Published in: HSS Journal ® 1/2017

01-02-2017 | Case Report

Successful Arthroscopic Primary Repair of a Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear 11 Years Following Injury

Authors: Jelle P. van der List, MD, Gregory S. DiFelice, MD

Published in: HSS Journal ® | Issue 1/2017

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Approximately 120 years ago, Mayo Robson performed the first treatment of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury using open primary repair of a proximal ACL and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tear [26]. Over the ensuing decades, the surgical treatment of primary ACL repair was further popularized by Palmer in the 1930s and 1940s [24] and O’Donoghue in the 1950s and 1960s [20‐22] and, initially, the short-term results of open primary ACL repair were excellent [15, 17, 29]. …
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Metadata
Title
Successful Arthroscopic Primary Repair of a Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear 11 Years Following Injury
Authors
Jelle P. van der List, MD
Gregory S. DiFelice, MD
Publication date
01-02-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
HSS Journal ® / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1556-3316
Electronic ISSN: 1556-3324
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-016-9530-8

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