About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of adding lateral extra-articular procedures to ACL reconstructions in young athletes and their impact on clinical outcomes and rehabilitation management.

Surgeons are adding more lateral extra-articular procedures to ACL reconstructions, especially in young cutting and pivoting athletes. On paper, it sounds great—tighten up the anterolateral side, improve stability, protect the graft. But what does that actually mean for clinical outcomes and for how we manage rehab? A new Level 1 systematic review and meta-analysis just pulled together the randomized trials comparing isolated ACL reconstruction to ACL reconstruction plus a lateral extra-artic...

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Host: Mike Reinold

Topics covered

• ACL reconstruction
• lateral extra-articular procedures
• rehabilitation
• clinical outcomes
• athlete stability

Keywords

• ACL reconstruction
• lateral extra-articular procedures
• rehabilitation
• clinical outcomes
• athletes

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Organizations: ACL, Level 1, meta-analysis

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