Topic
Knee
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Anatomy of ACL
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ACL injuries
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CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ACL
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CONSIDERATIONS for RECONSTRUCTION
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
What is the blood supply of the ACL?
What are the 2 bundles and their function?
Attachments of the 2 bundles?
Risk factors?
What is the mechanism of ACL injury?
Which meniscus is torn with ACL?
What is the O'Donoghue unhappy triad? Is it still applicable?
What is the natural history of a patient with ACL tear? Do all need surgery?
What are the special associated XR findings?
What is the MRI pattern of bone bruising?
What do you tell patients their chances are of returning to sport after ACL reconstruction?
Does ACL surgery reduce the rates of secondary OA for the patient?
What are the evidence available for non operative management of ACL?
What is the ideal timing for ACL recon?
What is your graft choice?
What are the relative tensile strengths of various grafts?
What is an ideal graft size?
What technique will you use?
Single bundle vs double bundle reconstruction?
What options of ACL graft fixation are you aware of?
Tell me the basic science involvement in graft preparation?
What will you do if your assistant drops the ACL graft while preparing it?
Any augmentation techniques you know?
Describe the stages of graft incorporation?
How does bone block in BTPB graft integrate?
What is your post op rehab?
What complications?
Patient had ACL reconstruction and now knee is stiff. How will you approach?
What are the outcomes of ACL reconstruction?
What happens to ACL reconstruction if you don’t repair meniscus?
What happens with wrong tunnel position?