For Colleagues
The treatment of multi-ligament tears in the knee has had much controversial debate through the years. Many orthopedic surgeons feel treating the MCL and ACL at the same…
In a previous post, we discussed what we believe to be the best explanation of the mechanism for how anterior cruciate ligament tears occur. This month’s post presents…
In previous posts, we have presented our theory of how the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) gets torn, the pre-operative process of a reconstruction, and the surgical…
Our posts for the next few months will be a series on our understanding, philosophy and rationale for surgical treatment, progression from ipsilateral to contralateral…
The idea of multidisciplinary team approach in the medical fields is not new but is gaining traction in the orthopedic world. Orthopedic geriatricians were early to…
The number of joint replacements in the US alone is over 600,000 per year, which is more than double the number of hip replacements or any other joint. The factors that…
It is estimated that there are approximately 200,000 injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) per year in the US alone with the higher risk sports being soccer,…
The incidence of athletic injuries in the adolescent population seems to be on the rise. In the United States, Merkel et al. report 3.5 million youth under the age of 15…
When Jeff Sharpe was doing rehab after surgery for a meniscus tear, he used the prototype of a new device, the IdealKnee,™ to regain full knee extension.
For those who have total knee arthroplasties (TKA), there are several indicators to determine satisfaction rates for both clinicians and patients. One of the most…
Does Patellar Tendon Graft Harvest for ACL Reconstruction Lead to an Increased Rate of Patellofemoral Arthritis?
Shelbourne Knee Center has only used the patellar tendon as the primary graft choice when doing ACL reconstructions. The patellar tendon is considered the “gold standard…
The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is one of two ligaments that sit in the intercondylar notch with the other ligament being the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).…