Cruciate reconstruction

Cruciate reconstruction

An isolated ACL injury is most commonly treated with an arthroscopic intra-articular reconstruction. The graft can be a bone–patellar tendon–bone or four-strand hamstring auto - graft. Screws or fixation devices hold the graft in bone tunnels in the femur and tibia until it has healed. Return to full sport can take up to a year. Postoperative rehabilitation programmes are crucial to a favourable outcome. Complications following ACL surgery are usually a result of incorrect tunnel placement (placing the femoral tunnel too far anteriorly limits knee flexion) and early surgery . The graft re-rupture rate is approximately 1% per year. Cruciate reconstruction

An isolated ACL injury is most commonly treated with an arthroscopic intra-articular reconstruction. The graft can be a bone–patellar tendon–bone or four-strand hamstring auto - graft. Screws or fixation devices hold the graft in bone tunnels in the femur and tibia until it has healed. Return to full sport can take up to a year. Postoperative rehabilitation programmes are crucial to a favourable outcome. Complications following ACL surgery are usually a result of incorrect tunnel placement (placing the femoral tunnel too far anteriorly limits knee flexion) and early surgery . The graft re-rupture rate is approximately 1% per year. Cruciate reconstruction

An isolated ACL injury is most commonly treated with an arthroscopic intra-articular reconstruction. The graft can be a bone–patellar tendon–bone or four-strand hamstring auto - graft. Screws or fixation devices hold the graft in bone tunnels in the femur and tibia until it has healed. Return to full sport can take up to a year. Postoperative rehabilitation programmes are crucial to a favourable outcome. Complications following ACL surgery are usually a result of incorrect tunnel placement (placing the femoral tunnel too far anteriorly limits knee flexion) and early surgery . The graft re-rupture rate is approximately 1% per year.