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ACL Injuries in Skeletally Immature and Adolescents Patients: How Can We Improve the High Rate of Poor Outcomes?

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Currently, it is estimated that 400,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgeries are performed in the USA. About half of those patients are children and adolescents [26, 65]. The most common injury patterns are midsubstance tears or tibial eminence avulsions. Treatment of a tibial eminence avulsion is done with closed reduction and immobilization (Meyers and McKeever types I and II) or refixation with sutures, pins, or screws (type III) and will not be discussed in this chapter.

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    Patrick Vavken M.D., M.Sc., Lyle J. Micheli & Martha M. Murray

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Vavken, P., Micheli, L.J., Murray, M.M. (2013). ACL Injuries in Skeletally Immature and Adolescents Patients: How Can We Improve the High Rate of Poor Outcomes?. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V., Monllau, J. (eds) The ACL-Deficient Knee. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4270-6_12

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