Background Residual laxity remains after ACL reconstruction in patients with combined chronic ACL and medial instability. The question arises whether to correct medial capsular and ligament injuries when Grade II and III medial laxity is present. Description of Technique We developed a mini-invasive medial ligament plasty to repair the medial collateral ligament to correct residual medial valgus and rotatory laxity after ACL reconstruction. Patients and Methods We prospectively followed 36 patients with an ACL deficiency combined with chronic Grade II or III valgus and rotatory medial instability. The mean age was 37 years (range, 15-70 years).

In the past few years Flavius Josephus has been the focus of much scholarly attention, but no recent study supplies a comprehensive introduction to the text of all of his works. The present article aims to fill this conspicuous gap, examining the various types of authorities (i.e., principal Greek manuscripts, ancient Latin translations, and the indirect tradition) upon which the text of Josephus is based.

Since Bernays in 1861, scholars have disputed Josephus’ account in Bell. Iud . 6.252 that a Roman soldier during the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE acted on ‘some supernatural impulse’ when he threw a piece of burning wood into the Temple, thus starting the fire that destroyed it. The vast majority of scholars have followed Bernays in giving more credence to the account of the Christian chronographer Sulpicius Severus, who in his Chronica reports that Titus ordered that the Temple be burned. Many a priori assumptions have come into play when examining Josephus’ narrative, which instead appears unequivocally clear, consistent and substantially trustworthy.

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