Trends in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Techniques and Postoperative Care Among Leaders in the Field: A Survey of the Herodicus Society
The survey demonstrated that, in the Herodicus Society, a wide range of preferences exist regarding ACLR surgical technique. Bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft is the most frequent primary ACLR graft choice. Most participants have not embraced newer techniques such as anterolateral or suture tape augmentation. Return to sports is generally not allowed before 7 months and heavily factors-in return-to-sports testing metrics, suggesting that purely time-based criteria for return to sports is not modern practice among elite sports medicine surgeons.
Authors
- Justin W. Arner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7007-4596)
- Andrew J. Curley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4832-2450)
- Volker Musahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8881-6212)
- Ian D. Engler
- Sahil Dadoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0397-6220)
- Michael A. Fox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-2168)
- Damaris Mohr
- James P. Bradley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-3699)
Institutions
- Freddie Mac (United States) (US)
- Central Maine Medical Center (US)
- MaineHealth (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671241274770
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.86
Funders
- Arthrex