Two femoral tunnels may be necessary to reconstruct both of the medial knee structures and allow early functional range of motion.
These are the main findings from an international group of knee surgerons who recently got awarded for their work.
The first author Benjamin R. Coobs, MD, stated during his presentation at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting
- An anatomic medial knee reconstruction technique can restore native stability to the knee that has a severe acute chronic medial knee injury,
Benjamin Coobs could further inform that
- this reconstruction technique does provide a viable option for patients that may require surgery.
Coobs kindly shared with us a copy of his award presentation that was given at the AOSSM annual meeting.
Professor Lars Engebretsen and Dr Steinar Johansen from Norway and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center took part in this study.