Treating acute anterior cruciate ligament tears
27 Aug, 10 | by BMJ Group
In this podcast Karim Khan, BJSM Editor, talks to the team behind the NEJM paper - A Randomized Trial of Treatment for Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears. They discuss their research and the implications for clinicians.
See the full article on the NEJM website
Treating acute anterior cruciate ligament tears [56:32m]:
Congratulation - great study - significant contribution to the literature and also to clinical practice.
Nonoperatively treated ACL injured subjects need to be more thoroughly studied, and more information on responders to nonoperatively treatment are needed to develop better criteria for surgery in the future.
May Arna Risberg
August 27th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
I strongly recommend listening to these authors - they have a great feel for the problem after spending years and years thinking about it. I was struck by the clinical relevance of their comments and it does make me worry about those athletes who are getting back to sport within 6 months of reconstruction. Don’t be shy, please add your comments below!
Do you agree or disagree with the NEJM authors?
Karim
September 21st, 2010 at 7:17 pm
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