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Arthroscopic Assessment of Partial ACL Tears

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The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a continuum of fibers, which is organized in multiple small fascicles. Based on anatomical and biomechanical findings, it was divided into two main bundles – the anteromedial (AM) and posterolateral (PL) bundles [5–11, 13–17, 20, 24]. Histological investigations showed that AM and PL are separated by a fine septum [11]. Recently there is increasing anatomical evidence that the ACL is flat and that the tibial ACL insertion is in the shape of a “C” with fibers inserting anteromedial (AM) and posteromedial (PM) along the medial tibial spine (see Chap. 1). This new finding is of importance especially for tibial PM bone tunnel placement.

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  1. Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 307, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany

    Rainer Siebold MD

  2. HKF: Center for Specialised Hip-Knee-Foot Surgery, ATOS Hospital Heidelberg, Bismarckstr. 9-15, Heidelberg, 69115, Germany

    Rainer Siebold MD

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  2. Lyon Ortho Clinic, Lyon, France

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  3. Istituti Ortopedico Rizzoli Clinica Ortopedica Traumatologica III, Bologna, Italy

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Siebold, R. (2014). Arthroscopic Assessment of Partial ACL Tears. In: Siebold, R., Dejour, D., Zaffagnini, S. (eds) Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45349-6_10

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