Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is one of the most frequent
sports injuries, with an incidence of 35 per 100,000 people per year, and with
an approximately two to eight-times higher risk in female than in male
athletes. It is estimated that between 75,000 and 100,000 ACL reconstruction
procedures are performed annually in the United States alone.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
- Increase physicians awareness of different approaches used
to individualize the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries
- Improve surgeons graft choice based on patient’s individual
needs
Reading Resources:
- Fu FH, van Eck CF, Tashman S, Irrgang JJ, Moreland MS.
Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction: A Changing Paradigm. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015;
640-648
- Fujimaki Y, Thorhauer E, Sasaki Y, Smolinski P, Tashman S
and Fu FH. Quantitative In Situ Analysis
of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Length, Midsubstance Cross-sectional Area, and Insertion Site
Areas. Am J Sports Med. 2016; 44: 118-25.
- Forsythe B, Kopf S, Wong AK, et al. The Location of Femoral
and Tibial Tunnels in Anatomic
Double-bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Analyzed by Three-dimensional Computed
Tomography Models. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010; 1418-1426.
Disclosures:
Doctors Fu, Herbst, and Albers report no relationships with
any entities producing health care goods and services.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial
relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or
distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients
is listed above. No other planners,
members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content
reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this
education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates
this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded
(0.05) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to .5 contact hour.
For your credit transcript, please access our website 4
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Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last 5 digits of your SSN on
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Release Date: 2/9/2017 | Last Modified On: 2/9/2017 |
Expires: 2/9/2018
