An MRI scan was arranged which revealed a tear of the medial meniscus and underlying anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
An MRI scan was arranged which revealed the anterior cruciate ligament to be ruptured.
Arthroscopically assisted reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using a patella tendon bone autograft.
Cruciate ligament reconstruction may alleviate the anterior knee pain associated with anterior or posterior cruciate ligament laxity.
In the long run, all joints with cruciate ligament rupture will develop some degree of osteoarthritis.
Owen survived just over a minute of last nights match against Sweden before rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Some will even release during a backward fall - the most common type of fall that results in injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament.
The central non-articular area comprises the tibial spines with the anterior cruciate ligament taking origin from the anterior spine.
The tetraspores may arise by the simultaneous division of the contents of a sporangium, when they are arranged tetrahedrally, or they may arise by two successive divisions, in which case the arrangement may be zonate when the spores are in a row, or cruciate when the second divisions are at right angles to the first, or tetrahedral when the second divisions are at right angles to the first and also to one another.
This is the most dangerous type of fall, because it can cause you to tear your anterior cruciate ligament, otherwise known as the ACL.
This procedure has become regarded as the gold standard for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Torque may also tear the meniscus in the absence of a cruciate tear.