ArticleArthroscopy techniques2018
How to Test the Anterolateral Ligament With Ultrasound.
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- Ultrasound Assessment of the Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, Interpretative Limitations, and Clinical Context.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Clinical Outcomes of Isolated ACL Reconstruction Versus Combined ACL and ALL Reconstruction With Indication Guided by Intraoperative Ultrasound: A Propensity Score-Matched Study of 260 Patients With a Minimum 2-Year Follow-up.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy and Reliability of Dynamic Handheld Ultrasound Testing in Detecting Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears: A Cadaveric Study.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2025Article
- The anterior cruciate ligament injury severity scale (ACLISS) is an effective tool to document and categorize the magnitude of associated tissue damage in knees after primary ACL injury and reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Progress in research on and classification of surgical methods of arthroscopic reconstruction of the ACL and ALL using a shared tendon graft through the femoral tunnel.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
- Combined ACL and ALL reconstruction reduces the rate of reoperation for graft failure or secondary meniscal lesions in young athletes.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Knee Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction With Knotless Soft Anchor: Shallow Fixation Prevents Tunnel Convergence.Arthroscopy techniques · 2022Article
- Femoral and tibial bone bruise volume is not correlated with ALL injury or rotational instability in patients with ACL-deficient knee.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
- Effect of Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Incorporation.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- Painful Palpation of the Tibial Insertion of the Anterolateral Ligament Is Concordant With Acute Anterolateral Ligament Injury.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- Inter-rater reliability of an ultrasound protocol to evaluate the anterolateral ligament of the knee.Journal of ultrasonography · 2019Article
- Minimally Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction With Autologous 2-Strand Gracilis Graft.Arthroscopy techniques · 2019Article
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Abstract
Ultrasonography (US) is a nonirradiating, low-cost, real-time imaging modality that has very good spatial resolution. US can be used to view the anterolateral ligament (ALL) and injuries to the ALL. Several authors have sought to analyze the anterolateral aspect of the knee using US with varying luck. All of them analyzed the ALL statically only. The goal of this Technical Note is to describe in detail the technique that we use to analyze the anterolateral aspect of the knee in patients with an anterior cruciate ligament tear. We use a simple technique that starts by locating the tibial end of the ALL. The lateral inferior genicular artery is a reliable landmark in this context. The analysis is dynamic in addition to being static. To determine if the ALL is injured, we look for a lack of tension on the ALL when the knee is internally rotated and for a Segond fracture. We believe that it is essential to start evaluating the ALL by its tibial end. US analysis of the ALL forms the basis for developing an appropriate "à la carte" treatment for the patient's injury.
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