Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries and Combined Cartilage Problems

Romain Seil; Felix Hoffmann; Caroline Mouton; Simone Cerciello; Dario Candura

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-58351-3_478

Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries and Combined Cartilage Problems

Romain Seil^*
, Felix Hoffmann
, Caroline Mouton
, Simone Cerciello
, Dario Candura

^*Corresponding author for this work

Human Motion, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Digital Methods

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Abstract

Children with open growth plates cannot be treated nor considered like young or “little” adults. Understanding of the pediatric knee and its growth as well as the anatomical, hormonal, and neuromuscular changes occurring in children during maturation is one of the key factors in the diagnosis, decision-making process, and monitoring of skeletally immature patients with a midsubstance anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment of these ACL injuries are crucial to protecting the long-term integrity of the child’s knee. They require to be regularly reassessed to provide each individual patient with the best care. The aim of the present chapter is to present the current understanding of pediatric ACL injuries, including challenges in their diagnosis and treatment with a particular attention to associated injuries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sports Injuries
Subtitle of host publication	Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Pages	2809-2824
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031583513
ISBN (Print)	9783031583506
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58351-3_478
Publication status	Published - 3 May 2025

Keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament
Cartilage
Meniscus
Pediatric
Skeletally immature

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