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ACL Tear: Complete and Partial, Associated to Medial and Lateral Damage

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After ACL tear the clinical evaluation including history and physical examination is the first step to establish the diagnosis. Abnormal anterior tibial translation can be diagnosed by clinical tests, e.g., Lachman and pivot shift test and instrumented test, e.g., KT-1000. A partial ACL tear and an injury to the ACL with posteromedial and posterolateral corner lesion need a thorough examination and profound clinical experience. Magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard to reconfirm an ACL tear and concomitant injuries.

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  1. HKF – Center for Hip, Knee, Foot Surgery and Sportstraumatology, ATOS Klinik, Bismarckstr. 9-15, Heidelberg, 69115, Germany

    Rainer Siebold & Georgios Karidakis

  2. Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Rainer Siebold

  3. Orthopaedic Department, 251 General Air Forces Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Karidakis

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  1. San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy

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  2. Lyon, France

    David Dejour

  3. Academic Med Ctr, Orthopedic Surger, Univ of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. Niek van Dijk

  4. Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Matteo Denti

  5. Dept Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Meds, Ctr Hospitalier Clinique d’Eich, Luxemburg, Luxembourg

    Romain Seil

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Siebold, R., Karidakis, G. (2016). ACL Tear: Complete and Partial, Associated to Medial and Lateral Damage. In: Randelli, P., Dejour, D., van Dijk, C., Denti, M., Seil, R. (eds) Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49376-2_18

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