Twin Athlete Brothers with Open Physes Operated for ACL Reconstruction on the Same Day, but with Different Elapsed Times After Injury: a 5-year Follow-up

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2014 Feb 11

PMID 24510695

Citations 5

Authors

Diego Costa Astur

Daniel Lauxen

Benno Ejnisman

Moises Cohen

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Abstract

We present the case of twin brothers with open physes who practiced judo to a high level and were operated on the same day for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. One of them was injured a year before surgery, and the other was injured a month before the procedure. The brother who chose to undergo a conservative treatment sustained meniscus injury afterwards and showed lower objective results when evaluated 5 years after surgery.

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