2024 AANA/ISAKOS Specialty Day All-Access Pass-Debate Introduction: 13-Year-Old Soccer Player With Open Growth Plates Who Hopes to Play at University

Debate Introduction: 13-Year-Old Soccer Player With Open Growth Plates Who Hopes to Play at University

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The session opens with a transition from shoulder to knee discussions, focusing on pediatric ACL reconstruction in children with open growth plates. The case presented involves a 13-year-old soccer player with a non-contact ACL injury exhibiting instability despite restored motion. Two experts, Volker Massal (Isakos) and Harris Sloan (Anna), debate surgical approaches: Volker advocates a hybrid Fiseal sparing technique, while Harris supports a Trans-Fiseal method. The discussion aims to address optimal treatment strategies for young athletes with true ACL ruptures, emphasizing the challenges of growth plate preservation during reconstruction.

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David A. Parker, M.B.B.S., B.Med.Sc.

Keywords

pediatric ACL reconstruction

open growth plates

non-contact ACL injury

hybrid Fiseal sparing technique

Trans-Fiseal method