Controversies in Knee Surgery

SECTION 1 - PRIMARY ANTERIOR CRUCITE LIGAMENT (ACL) RECONSTRUCTION ; 1. What is the natural history of ACL injury in the athletic individual? ; 2. Does ACL reconstruction prevent articular degeneration? The ACL risk equation ; 3. Primary ACL reconstruction: What are the best methods of fixation for grafts used in ACL reconstruction surgery? ; 4. Bone-tendon-bone autograft ACL reconstruction is the most effective surgical option for restoring anterior knee stability following ACL injury ; 5. Implications of tunnel widening in the ACL reconstructed knee ; 6. Primary ACL reconstruction: Does gender matter in the outcomes of ACL reconstruction surgery? ; 7. Lactic and glycolic acid-based bioresorbable polymeric materials in ACL reconstrction ; 8. Bio-absorbable interference screws in ACL reconstruction ; 9. The physiology of bone-tendon healing must be considered for successful ACL reconstruction rehabilitation ; 10. The evolution of rehabilitation for ACL reconstruction ; 11. ACL Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature: indications, methodology and concerns ; 12. Indications for ACL reconstruction in the over-forty age group ; SECTION 2 - REVISION ACL RECONSTRUCTION ; 13. Graft options for revision ACL reconstruction: which is most effective? ; 14. One stage versus two stage revision ACL reconstruction: indications and techniques ; SECTION 3 - MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT ; 15. Medial collateral ligament repair at the time of primary ACL reconstruction: when and why ; SECTION 4 - LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT/POSTERO-LATERAL CORNER ; 16. Acute repair of the posterolateral structures of the knee results in superior clinical outcomes compared to current methods of reconstruction ; 17. Reconstruction methods for the lateral side of the knee: what we do ; SECTION 5 - ARTHRITIC ACL DEFICIENT KNEES ; 18. Arthritis in the ACL deficient knee: what is the best approach? ; 19. Arthritic ACL-deficient knees - is there increased patient morbidity following combined high tibial osteotomy/ACL reconstruction? ; SECTION 6 - POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (PCL) ; 20. Natural history of PCL injuries ; 21. PCL reconstruction: is it necessary following PCL rupture? ; 22. PCL reconstruction: the double-bundle PCL reconstruction is most effective for restoring posterior tibiofemoral laxity ; SECTION 7 - MENISCUS AND CARTILAGE INJURY ; 23. Meniscus and cartilage injury: Does meniscal allograft transplantation prevent articular cartilage degeneration? ; 24. Indications, preservation, and implant techniques for mensical allograft transplantation ; 25. Microfracture arthroplasty is an effective means of treating full thickness cartilage lesions of the knee ; 26. Autologous chondrocyte implantation can effectively treat most cartilage lesions of the knee ; 27. Fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation for the treatment of hyaline cartilage defect: is this a viable surgical alternative? ; SECTION 8 - COMPLEX KNEE INJURY ; 28. It is best to surgically address all injured ligaments in the acute injury period ; 29. Chronic multi-ligament knee injuries are best treated using osteotomies about the knee ; 30. Indications and outcomes of acute, simultaneous ACL and PCL reconstruction ; 31. Knee motion loss: why does it happen and what does one do about it?