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Partial Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears: What to Do

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Interest in isolated tears of one of the two bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament has increased over recent years. It is thought that by only reconstructing the ruptured bundle while preserving the uninjured bundle contributes to faster graft healing, a better proprioceptive outcome as well as faster recovery. However, this is still to be proven. This chapter describes the difficulty in assessing and confirming partial anterior cruciate ligament injuries. Attention to clinical examination and imaging must also be done. The main purpose of this section is to detail the arthroscopic examination and reconstruction of isolated anterior cruciate ligament bundle ruptures.

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  2. ICATME – Hospital Universitari Dexeus, C/ Sabino Arana 5-19, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Carles Monllau M.D., Ph.D., Pablo Eduardo Gelber, Xavier Pelfort, Juan Erquicia & Marc Tey

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Monllau, J.C., Gelber, P.E., Pelfort, X., Erquicia, J., Tey, M., Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (2013). Partial Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears: What to Do. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V., Monllau, J. (eds) The ACL-Deficient Knee. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4270-6_19

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