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SUBMITTER: Kim JI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3716210 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Jong In JI Kwon Jae Ho JH Seo Dong Hyun DH Soni Shaishav M SM Muñoz Michael M Nha Kyung Wook KW
Arthroscopy techniques 20130406 2
The treatment of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) avulsion fracture is controversial, especially in skeletally immature patients, because of concerns about physeal damage. To reduce the risk of physeal injury, an arthroscopic technique was performed. A bioabsorbable suture anchor was inserted through anteromedial portals and fixed to a bioabsorbable suture anchor at the center of the fracture bed; it was then passed through the threads at the ACL avulsion fragment and tied with the ACL substa ...[more]