Yukioka Hospital Suita, Osaka JAPAN # pioneered in allograft ligament surgery in the last century. # developed anatomical ACL reconstructions (ACLR) : “ Anatomical Rectangular Tunnel ACLR with BTB graft” as well as “ Anatomical Triple Bundle ACLR with hamstring tendon graft”. # elucidated the location of direct femoral insertion area of ACL and established the arthroscopic procedure to consistently identify the area. # developed several medical devices including DSP(double spike plate) for graft tension adjusting at the time of pull-out suture fixation; Outside-in femoral guide for consistently creating the anatomical femoral tunnel; Rectangular dilators for creating rectangular femoral tunnel for a bone-patellar tendon-bone graft. # authored more than 150 original articles, and more than 10 books in English. # endowed with 3 x John Joyce Awards, 2 x Albert Trillat Awards by ISAKOS, Porto Award by ESSKA, Watanabe Award by JOSKAS, and Takagi - Watanabe Award by APKASS # honorary member of AANA , ISAKOS, JOSKAS.
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