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Clinical outcomes and reoperation rates of stable and unstable ramp lesions in the setting of ACL rupture

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  1. Bone and Joint Sports Medicine Institute, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 620 John Paul Jones Cir, Portsmouth, VA, 23708, USA

    George C. Balazs & Harry G. Greditzer IV

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA

    Hollis G. Potter

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA

    Dean Wang

  4. Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA

    Niv Marom, Scott A. Rodeo, Robert G. Marx & Riley J. Williams III

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Dr. Balazs, Dr. Wang, Dr. Marom, and Dr. Greditzer report no conflicts of interest. Dr. Potter reports: research support from GE Healthcare, GE/NBA, the National Institutes of Health; hospitality payments/personal fees from Ortho RTI, Smith & Nephew, and DePuy; stock or stock options in Imagen; and, membership on the editorial or governing boards of AOSSM-Imaging in Sports Health, Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, and Osteoarthritis & Cartilage. Dr. Rodeo reports: personal fees from JRF and Fida Pharma; royalties from Zimmer Biomet; and, stock or stock options in RTI. Dr. Marx reports: royalties from Springer and Demos Health; personal fees from Mend; and, membership on the editorial board of Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Dr. Williams reports: personal fees from JRF Ortho and Aperian, royalties from Arthrex and Springer, hospitality payments from Stryker, and, stock or stock options in Cymedica, Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics, Pristina Surgical, and RecoverX.

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Balazs, G.C., Greditzer, H.G., Wang, D. et al. Clinical outcomes and reoperation rates of stable and unstable ramp lesions in the setting of ACL rupture. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 28, 4034–4036 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-020-06315-8

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