This first appeared in Orthopaedic Product News in September 2018

For more than 30 years the accepted orthopaedic approach to joint instability, secondary to ligament injury, has been reconstruction with allograft or autograft in both the acute and chronic situation

The quest for anatomical repair and restoration of function has been superseded by reconstruction with bone tunnels forged under the weight of historical research. With new internal bracing principles and the evolution of technology surgeons are now able to successfully return to acute ligament repair.

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