Two athletes (8.6%) required a second surgery: 1 (4.3%) had a traumatic graft disruption at 10 months and underwent revision ACLR and 1 (4.3%) required meniscectomy for an incompletely healed meniscal repair at 13 months. There were no contralateral injuries in this cohort...
(Internal Brace; Arthrex, Naples, FL) with the reconstruction has been thought to increase the early strength of the reconstruction. Combining all 3 techniques – amnion, bone marrow concentrate, and suture tape augmentation – into an all-inside ACL reconstruction has great potential for an ...
If the ACL is either partially or completely torn, we may recommend surgery. ACL reconstruction surgery-Surgeons use a piece of tendon from another part of a patient’s leg or from a deceased donor to repair the ACL tear. All-inside, all-epiphyseal ACL reconstruction (AE) surgery- If a p...
The ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is a band of tissue inside yourknee. It gets damaged when it stretches or tears.ACLinjuries are common among people who play sports because they make movements that can put a lot of stress on the knee, like: Changing direction quickly (cutting) Stopping ...
Recovery from a knee injury depends upon the specific injury and can be measured in days to weeks for a sprain to many months to recover from anterior cruciate ligament repair surgery. Is It Possible to Prevent Knee Injuries? Accidents happen, and while many knee injuries occur during recreation...
There are two grafts commonly used to repair a torn ACL. One is a strip of the patellar tendon below the kneecap. The other is the hamstring tendon graft. For a long time, the patellar tendon was the preferred choice because it is easy to get to, holds well in its new location, and...
Often, but not always, depending on a person’s activity level, a torn ACL needs to be fixed. Unfortunately a simple repair by suturing the torn ligament together again is not effective. A successful repair involves completely replacing the torn ligaments, and there are a number ways that thi...
In-office needle arthroscopy has been reported as a diagnostic tool for different knee pathologies. In addition, ACL repair has seen a resurgence with the advent of innovative orthopedic devices. The aim of this study was to assess clinical, radiological
There are two grafts commonly used to repair a torn ACL. One is a strip of thepatellar tendonbelow the kneecap. The other is the hamstring tendon graft. For a long time, the patellar tendon was the preferred choice because it is easy t...
There are two different ways to attack ACL surgery. There is the reconstruction process or the repair process. Although they both sound similar, they are in fact quite different. ACL reconstruction surgery uses a graft to replace the ligament. The most common grafts are autografts, using part ...