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Under age of 29, ACL graft choice is:
BTB or hamstring autograft.
if under age of 29 getting allograft, you have 40% increased risk of failure
Autograft allograft composite, how does it behave?
It behaves like allograft in terms of failure rates
Which group experiences the highest rate of ACL tears?
female athletes with valgus and small notch width
layers of the posteromedal corner
sartorious
2: superficial mcl, semi-M, POL, MPFL
3: deep mcl
relaitve to the LCL insertion the femoral insertion of the popliteus tendon is:
distal and anterior
indications for a root repair based on cargilage:
grade 1 or 2 is do the root
grade 3 or 4 do meniscectomy
watanabe classifcation of discoid meniscus
1: complete
2: incomplete
3: wrisberg variant with instability - these need to be fixed
PCL deficiency:
medial and patellofemoral chondral wear over time
most common locations of knee OCD lesions?
lateral aspect of medial femoral condyle