The treatment of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries is a controversial topic in orthopaedic surgery. In contrast to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, for which an abundance of basic science and clinical data is available, the PCL has only recently…
History The anatomy and injury of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) has been well-documented in history for centuries, but it was not until the mid-1800s that reports of surgical treatment of ACL injuries began to appear in surgical literature. Although…
Historical Perspective A description of rotator cuff pathology is found in the earliest surgical text, the Edwin Smith Papyrus (c.1500 bce ). Subsequently, throughout ancient and modern history, multiple authors have written about the rotator cuff, its disease, and its…