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• Gives trainees a shared vocabulary and anatomic framework for the ALC/ALL debate that has generated significant confusion in the ACL literature. • Clarifies that despite biomechanical rationale for lateral augmentation procedures, indications remain clinically undefined — useful context when evaluating why practice varies so widely among surgeons. • Highlights that concerns about joint stiffness or accelerated osteoarthritis from these procedures are theoretical, not yet substantiated by clinical data, which should temper both enthusiasm and reflexive avoidance of these techniques.
No article notes available at this time.
• Gives trainees a shared vocabulary and anatomic framework for the ALC/ALL debate that has generated significant confusion in the ACL literature. • Clarifies that despite biomechanical rationale for lateral augmentation procedures, indications remain clinically undefined — useful context when evaluating why practice varies so widely among surgeons. • Highlights that concerns about joint stiffness or accelerated osteoarthritis from these procedures are theoretical, not yet substantiated by clinical data, which should temper both enthusiasm and reflexive avoidance of these techniques.