S Zaffagnini, C Signorelli, T Bonanzinga, A Grassi, H Galán, I Akkawi, L Bragonzoni, F Cataldi, M Marcacci
PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study was to determine, in vivo, the effect of different types of meniscectomy on an ACL-deficient knee. METHODS: Using a computer-assisted navigation system, 56 consecutive patients (45 men and 11 women) were subjected to a biomechanical testing with Lachman test (AP30), drawer test (AP90), internal/external rotation test, varus/valgus rotation test and pivot-shift test. The patients were divided into three groups according to the status of the medial meniscus...
November 2016: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy: Official Journal of the ESSKA