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We read with great interest the Editorial Commentary by Andy Williams, “The Anterolateral Ligament: The Emperor's New Clothes?”1 After all, it was Mr. Williams who recently reported that in knees with a combined anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and anterolateral injury (an injury pattern reported in most acutely ACL-injured knees), ACL reconstruction cannot restore normal knee kinematics unless concomitant modified Lemaire or anterolateral ligament (ALL) reconstruction is also performed: “The combined ACL and ALL procedure restored intact knee kinematics when tensioned in full extension.”2 This study was conducted at the Department of Orthopaedic Biomechanics at Imperial College, a renowned laboratory that we congratulate for this important cadaveric research and also on the recent award of funding from industry, which will allow them to continue their excellent work.
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