Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD ACL surgery involves reconstructing an injured anterior cruciate ligament using ...

Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations. A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of ...

Medically reviewed by Maria M. LoTempio, MD The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four primary ligaments that ...

Single-bundle versus double-bundle repair, whether to leave the ruptured ACL remnant in the knee, the selection of the graft tissue, graft placement, and whether to use the transtibial ...

as these overstress the graft and cause problems. To avoid re-injury, avoid twisting or abrupt direction changes. Post-ACL surgery, patients can work towards strengthening their knee and improving ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL): A key ligament in the knee ... result from bacteria entering the joint space. Autograft: A graft taken from the patient's own body, often used in surgical ...

Options include stacked screw fixation, jumbo interference screw fixation, fixation using a large allograft bone plug, or bone grafting with ACL reconstruction as a combined or staged procedure.

Reconstruction (ACLR): A surgical procedure to replace a torn ACL with a graft. Osteoarthritis (OA): A degenerative joint disease characterized by the breakdown of cartilage and underlying bone.

A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years after ACL reconstruction despite full return to play.“Quadriceps deficits ...

Articles were included in this systematic review if they met the following criteria: (1) study cohort’s average age was between 10 and 50 years; (2) undergoing any graft type ACL reconstruction; (3) ...