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• AAOS - American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

• AOSSM - American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine

• AANA - Arthroscopy Association of North America

• ISAKOS - International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine

• ESSKA - European Society of Knee Surgery,Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy

• SOFCOT - French Orthopedic Association

These are the best of the web sites that have good articles about the anterior cruciate ligament for both the patient and the physician. 

The Orthopedic Surfboard - The best places to start:

• Wheeless Textbook of Orthopedics and  Wheeless ACL 

• World Ortho 

• Orthopaedic Web Links 

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - see OKO

• Carleton University Sports Medicine Clinic 

• Belgium Orthoweb 

• Medscape - see orthopaedics

• Orthopaedic guide to the Internet 

The following are other sites of interest 

• http://www.stoneclinic.com/ The rationale for acute primary repair of the anterior cruciate ligament by Dr. Kevin Stone, San Francisco USA

• http://www.staehelin.ch/st/vkbe.html The reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using semi-tendinosus and bioabsorbable screws by Dr. Andreas Staehelin, Basel Switzerland

• http://www.newsltr.com/arthro/harvesttips.htm tips for harvesting the semi-t by Dr. Don Johnson Canada

• http://www.scoi.com/aclrecon.htm a patient's guide to the anterior cruciate ligament injury by SCOI Southern California Orthopedic Institute USA

• http://www.worldortho.com/sportsmed/chap10.html The description of knee injuries for the general sports physician from the worldortho web site.

• http://www.anteriorcruciateligament.com General ACL information for patients -

(Please email Don Johnson at donnie@carletonsportsmed.com if you have other sites that you would like posted)