Menisci
The meniscus is comprised of this type of tissue?
What is fibrocartilage?
400,000 per year is the number of these common sports injuries.
What is the average number of ACL injuries per year?
This will happen should the femoral tunnel be drilled too vertical
What is the cause for post-operative loss of rotational stability following ACL reconstruction
breakage is the primary concern when using this anchors.
What are bioabsorbable and biocomposite screws
These are the tree mmost common problems facing surgeons and patients when selecting an allograft.
What are disease transmission, Cost, and shipping delays.?
This knee structure is sahped like an O
What is the shap of the lateral meniscus?
THe PCL has two bundles. Name them.
What are the Posteriomedial and anterolateral bundles of the PCL?
This drill bit is used when drilling the femoral tunnel during a transtibial ACL reconstruction.
What is an acorn reamer?
This feature, on an interference screw, is there to prevent damage to the joint cartilage should it back out into the joint space.
What is the rounded, smooth distal end of an interference screw?
The BTB autograft is harvested from this part of the patella tendon.
Where is the Middle Third of the tendon
This segment of the meniscus will not heal because of poor blood supply.
What is the white-white zone
This part of the ACL helps to prevent anterior translation of the tibia
What is the AM bundle?
The am bundle is tight, and the PL bundle is loose.
What is the tension on the ACL bundles when the knee is flexed.
This graft choice has been studied most and has been shown to provide the best construct for ACL reconstruction
What is the gold standard BTB autograft?
This is one potential problem found when using a cortical suspensory button to fix the femoral sis of the graft during ACL reconstruction.
Windshield Wipper affect
What is the Windshield wiper affect?
These three roles are the primary functions of the Menisci?
What are Loadbearing, stability, and lubrication.?
This is the primary mechanism of injury for an ACL tear
What is a non-contact plant and twist type injury
What is a guide wire
This design feature on a cortical button prevents the suture loop from elongating
What is the Chinese finger trap mechanism
THes are the only two hamstring tendons used to great a soft tissue autograft.
What are the Gracilis and semitendenosis tendons
This is where the nerve supply to the meniscal are found.
What is found n the anterior and posterior horns of the menisci
The ACL footprint on the femur resides in this location.
What is posterior to residence Ridge?
The drilling method that uses a flip cutter drill bit to create bone sockets.
What is the outside-in drilling technique for ACL reconstruction?
This is the latest fixation method for ACL graft fixation that can provide 360 degrees of tunnel fixation
What is the sheath and screw fixation for ACL reconstruction
THis drilling error is one of the major causes for ACL reconstruction failure as it tipically results in the loss of rotational stability
What is the result of a vertically drilled femoral socket?