title: Current practice variations in the management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in Croatia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate current preferences and opinions on the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in Croatia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey was conducted using a questionnaire which was sent by e-mail to all 189 members of the Croatian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association. Only respondents who had performed at least one ACL reconstruction during 2011 were asked to fill out the questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty nine surgeons responded to the survey. Nearly all participants (95%) used semitendinosus/gracilis tendon autograft for reconstruction and only 5% used bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. No other graft type had been used. The accessory anteromedial portal was preferred over the transtibial approach (67% vs 33%). Suspensory fixation was the most common graft fixation method (62%) for the femoral side, followed by the cross-pin (33%) and bioabsorbable interference screw (5%). Almost all respondents (97%) used a bioabsorbable interference screw for tibial side graft fixation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show that ACL reconstruction surgery in Croatia is in step with the recommendations from latest world literature.
authors.affiliation: Alan Mahnik, Silvija Mahnik, Damjan Dimnjakovic, Tomislav Smoljanovic, Ivan Bojanic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahnik
authors.forename: Silvija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahnik
authors.forename: Damjan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimnjakovic
authors.forename: Stjepan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curic
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smoljanovic
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bojanic
keywords: Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Reconstruction; Surgery; Survey