anterior cruciate ligament

(Henry Ford Health System) Henry Ford Hospital researchers have identified for the first time two molecules that hold promise as a biomarker for measuring cartilage damage associated with osteoarthritis.Researchers say the concentration of two molecules called non-coding RNAs in blood were associated with mild cartilage damage in 30 patients who were one year removed from reconstruction surgery to repair an anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injury.

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Knee injuries in children with tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus have increased dramatically over the past 12 years, say orthopaedic surgeons from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who presented their findings today at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting in Boston.

A torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) does not require immediate surgery, and many patients might be able to avoid it altogether, investigators in a randomized clinical trial concluded.

A new research paper from The Healthcare Blue Book entitled Surgery Pricing Secrets: The Challenges Patients Face, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />shows that it is almost impossible to get prices ahead of time if a patient plans to have surgery in a hospital.

A new research paper from The Healthcare Blue Book entitled Surgery Pricing Secrets: The Challenges Patients Face, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />shows that it is almost impossible to get prices ahead of time if a patient plans to have surgery in a hospital.

HOUSTON (MedPage Today) -- Delayed reconstruction of a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) quadrupled adolescents' risk of irreparable knee damage, according to a review of medical records.

LUND, Sweden (MedPage Today) -- Surgery for an injured anterior cruciate ligament adds no benefits to those that can be achieved with rehabilitative training alone, investigators here determined.

ORLANDO -- Tiger Woods, the world's best golfer, announced today that reconstructive surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in his left knee will force him off the course for at least the rest of the year.