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

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.

Following surgery, patients were referred to physical therapy for further rehabilitation ... 15 When patients underwent a meniscal procedure without ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic findings were also ...

Failure of ACL reconstruction surgery may be due to recurrent instability, arthrofibrosis, or infection. Recurrent instability after ACL reconstruction occurs in approximately 8% of patients and ...

Of concern, female athletes have a greater risk of ACL rupture, with research indicating 2–6 times more likely to be injured than males in similar sports. Typically, surgical reconstruction is ...

This time, they are teaming up on a procedure with HSS at NCH ... and that is not good because a second surgery for ACL reconstruction, what we call revision surgery, never does as well as ...

Ducks winger Brock McGinn underwent successful ACL reconstruction surgery in Los Angeles last ... re-aggravated knee issue led to such a major procedure being required. Understandably, the once ...

The study procedures were approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Committee at La Trobe University. The study was of a prospective longitudinal design. Assessments were conducted at 3, 6 and ...

Accelerometer-based rehabilitation may improve recovery outcomes at 1 year after ACL reconstruction ... and assessing patient outcomes after surgery,” Dwyer said.