ACL Surgery: What Raises Arthritis Risk?
Choosing the right ACL reconstruction graft is complex. Factors like age, sex, BMI, graft type, meniscal injury, and timing of surgery may affect long-term arthritis risk after ACL surgery.
Skiers Must Prioritize Knee Health as ACL Injuries Rise During Ski Season
As ski season peaks, some from an orthopaedic surgeon who has performed more than 1,000 ACL surgeries, to help prevent knee injuries and know when to seek care.
ACL Surgery Explained: Graft Choices, New Techniques & Recovery Insights
Patient-focused overview of ACL surgery, graft choice, BEAR implant, and LET, explaining options for athletes and active adults considering ACL reconstruction
Bridge Registry: What the First 100 BEAR Patients Teach Us
Bridge Registry study: BEAR offers a promising ACL repair, showing high knee stability and low retear rates in the first 100 real-world patients.
Is There An Ideal Hamstring Autograft Diameter for ACL Reconstruction?
Hamstring autograft for ACL reconstruction has been thought to be inferior to the patellar tendon or quad. Indeed, it continues to be used in many ACL surgeries.
Evaluating Patellar Dislocation via the Femoral Anteversion Angle
In this study in the Journal KSSTA, Chen et al evaluated CT scans of patients with and without patellar instability, finding a tie to femoral anteversion angle.
Hopping Backward as an Indication of Recovery from ACL reconstruction
This study found that assessing how well patients are able to hop backward may be a better way of evaluating patients’ strength as they recover from ACL surgery.
Opioids after ACL Surgery
In the 1990s, pain was considered a vital sign and it was considered malpractice to not prescribe tremendous amounts of narcotics, including opioids, including after ACL surgery.