When parents are faced with a decision regarding the optimal treatment for their child with an ACL injury, they commonly ask, “If this was your child, what would you do?” For most, the answer is easy.

Until a child's bones have fully matured (in girls, typically by age 14; in boys, age 16), an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament -- the primary, stabilizing ligament of the knee joint -- ...

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The journal Orthopedics published a new study examining ACL reconstructions for pediatric patients. The study compared pediatric ACL reconstructions performed in the hospital and outpatient surgery ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors who work with schools and sports organizations should encourage training to reduce the risk of anterior cruciate ligament tears, according to a leading group of U.S ...

PROVIDENCE, R. I. – Nearly $30 million a year would be saved in hospital charges if early rather than delayed ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction surgery was performed on pediatric ...

Orthopedic surgeons are seeing an epidemic of anterior cruciate ligament injuries among young athletes, and a large number of patients who have surgery to reconstruct a torn ACL undergo a second knee ...

The rate of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgeries in children was directly linked with insurance type, household income and age at injury. The rate of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgeries ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In adolescent athletes who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), the younger the athlete at the time of primary ACLR and an earlier ...