Basic science of anterior cruciate ligament injury and repair

AM Kiapour, MM Murray - Bone & joint research, 2014 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most devastating and frequent
injuries of the knee. Surgical reconstruction is the current standard of care for treatment of …

Is there a role for internal bracing and repair of the anterior cruciate ligament? A systematic literature review

CF van Eck, O Limpisvasti… - The American Journal …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Renewed interest has arisen in arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
repair techniques. Hypothesis: ACL repair with or without some form of internal bracing …

Bridge-enhanced anterior cruciate ligament repair is not inferior to autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at 2 years: results of a prospective randomized …

MM Murray, BC Fleming, GJ Badger… - … American journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Preclinical studies suggest that for complete midsubstance anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) injuries, a suture repair of the ACL augmented with a protein implant placed …

Anterior cruciate ligament preservation: early results of a novel arthroscopic technique for suture anchor primary anterior cruciate ligament repair

GS DiFelice, C Villegas, S Taylor - … : The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To propose a technique of arthroscopic suture anchor primary anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) preservation for patients with proximal avulsion ACL tears that maintain …

Acute anterior cruciate ligament rupture: repair or reconstruction? Two-year results of a randomized controlled clinical trial

RAG Hoogeslag, RW Brouwer… - … American journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Contemporary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) suture repair techniques have
been subject to renewed interest in recent years. Although several clinical studies have …

ACL repair with suture ligament augmentation is associated with a high failure rate among adolescent patients

AG Gagliardi, PM Carry, HB Parikh… - … American journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair technique avoids graft harvest and
therefore the risk of donor site morbidity. However, early failure rates after ACL repair with …

Use of a bioactive scaffold to stimulate anterior cruciate ligament healing also minimizes posttraumatic osteoarthritis after surgery

MM Murray, BC Fleming - The American journal of sports …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Although anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is the treatment gold
standard for ACL injury, it does not reduce the risk of posttraumatic osteoarthritis. Therefore …

The bridge-enhanced anterior cruciate ligament repair (BEAR) procedure: an early feasibility cohort study

MM Murray, BM Flutie, LA Kalish… - … Journal of Sports …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: This study assessed the safety of the newly developed bridge-enhanced
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair (BEAR), which involves suture repair of the ligament …

Bridge-enhanced anterior cruciate ligament repair: two-year results of a first-in-human study

MM Murray, LA Kalish, BC Fleming… - … journal of sports …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Bridge-enhanced anterior cruciate ligament repair (BEAR) combines suture
repair of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) with a specific extracellular matrix scaffold (the …

Biologic treatments for sports injuries II think tank—current concepts, future research, and barriers to advancement, Part 1: biologics overview, ligament injury …

RF LaPrade, AG Geeslin, IR Murray… - … American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Biologic therapies, including stem cells, platelet-rich plasma, growth factors, and other
biologically active adjuncts, have recently received increased attention in the basic science …