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Surgical Retrieval, Isolation and In vitro Expansion of Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament-derived Cells for Tissue Engineering Applications
Published on: April 30, 2014
Preservation of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Surgical Techniques
Jelle P van der List1, Gregory S DiFelice
1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY. vanderlistj@hss.edu.
Abstract:
In the first part of this series, we (I) discussed the history of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) preservation, (II) discussed how modern advances altered the risk-benefit ratio for ACL preservation, and (III) proposed our treatment algorithm for ACL injuries, which is based on tear location and tissue quality. In the second part of this series, we discuss (I) our proposed modification of the Sherman classification of the different tear types and (II) the surgical techniques and variations that can be used to treat these different tear types.

