ACL Tear: does it require surgery??

ACL tear is one of the commonest sports injury  immediately patients usually experience pain and swelling and knee feels unstable

loss of confidence on knee or feeling of give way will be there

knee may feel like it wants to slip backwards

pain and swelling will usually be gone after two to four weeks of injury, but knee may still feel unstable

If left untreated for long time it leads to early arthritis of knee joint

 

 

 

 

20 to 30 % of ACL tears can be healed without surgery and we should always try to preserve ACL.not replace it. repair of ACL can be done along with augmentation with fibre tape and multiple PRP injection. This approach allows for natural, efficacious healing without the need for surgery.

 ACL Tear Repair With Fiber Tape augmentation


In  ACL repair  no ACL tissue is removed and the torn acl is repaired &  protected by fiber tape internal brace, thus  preserving  your own ACL . This results in natural  recovery and athletes go back to sports and running within 3 month after surgery

 

 

 

 

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ACL Avulsion from tibial spine

commonly seen in children and young athletes  Arthroscopic ACL avulsion repair surgery  to save your original ACL and not too reconstruct it. tibial spine avulsion with ACL is again fixed to the tibial plateau with the help of Fiber tape internal brace and tightrope RT. 

 All Inside ACL Reconstruction With Fiber Tape Internal Brace

In the majority of cases, we need to reconstruct the ACL  The hamstring  or peroneal longus tendon is used to reconstruct the new ACL and a sleeve of original ACL is left covering the new tendon in the knee joint to preserve proprioception nerve endings.  All Inside ACL Reconstruction with Fiber Tape Internal Brace, in this technique, screws are not used and tendon is fixed to the bone using Tight Rope RTJ, Tight Rope loop & Conical Button { ARTHREX, USA } and an internal brace is made with Fiber tape which prevents postoperative ligament laxity, loosening and graft failure resulting in painless and fast recovery and very high  success rate.

Benefits of All Inside ACL Reconstruction with Fiber Tape

  • Small tunnels are made in the Bones  
  • Fiber tape INTERNAL BRACE acts as a seat belt and provides support to graft & prevents postoperative graft stretching, loosening & failure; resulting in a more stable & stronger ACL and the recovery is very fast, painless and complete.

Get back into sports faster & stronger to win game and get medals.

  • early walking without support & speedy rehab
  • Resume squats & lunges within ONE month  after surgery.
  • Jogging resumes after 1 month of surgery instead of 3 months when bio screw is used.
  • Back to running & sports in just 3 months after surgery