Discover advanced ACL ligament surgery options to restore knee stability and prevent further damage. Learn about the latest surgical techniques, personalized recovery plans, and how our specialized orthopedic surgeons can help you get back to your active lifestyle quickly and safely.

Important knee stablizer is the ACL that provides rotational stability during activities involving pivoting, shifting, and twist as observed in footballers, basketball players, soccer, and the likes. The ACL’s main role is to help maintain a relationship between the tibia (shinbone) and the position of the femur (thighbone) and also to ensure that the tibia does not move forward beyond a certain point while carrying out dynamic tasks.

ACL Ligament Surgery

ACL Ligament injuries have been on the rise in the last one decade and this is attributed to the rise in competitive sporting activities as well as an increase in training intensity. Such ACL injuries are common in contact sports like football; in which a player while deciding to change direction suddenly or during a tackle the knee joint can either hyper flex or receives a valgus force leading to tear of the ligament.

An initial indicator of an ACL tear is if there is a loud pop sound and the player feels a sharp pain in the knee, in addition the knee rapidly swells and the player cannot afford to go on playing. This is commonly as a result of bleeding within the knee joint which is referred to as hemarthrosis. The major issue after a knee injury is the instability that ceases functional movement and also leads to other joint complications.

For diagnosing an ACL injury, several physical tests that may include the Lachman test or pivot-shift test may be administered by clinician. However, an MRI scan has been termed as the gold standard for diagnosing the injury, for assessing the severity of the tear apart from ruling out any other concomitant injuries involving the medial meniscus, medial collateral ligament, or the posterolateral corner of the knee.

The ACL Ligament Surgery is normally done through Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction Surgery which involves the use of a tendon to fill up the place of the affected ligament. The graft can be taken from patient’s hamstring tendon, quadriceps tendon and patellar tendon. The type of graft material that can be used depends on the activity level of the patient, the age and choice of the surgeon. ACL Tear Surgery procedure is employed with an aim of providing stability to the knee joint and capacity of the particular patient, more preferably a sportsman, to perform the earlier sports activity.

ACL injury operation, a major emphasis should be placed on a rehabilitation plan in order to achieve the best result of the reconstruction. Physiotherapy is often a part of this program and it entails remembering and regaining flexibility in the affected joint and the muscles that surround it together with strengthening and then gradually stretching and putting through the relevant motions related to the sport. Strict compliance with a rehab schedule is one way of minimizing re-injury and promoting the wholesomeness of knee health.

In the recent past, a lot of research has been done and devoted to the prevention of ACL injuries. It is true that Protocols of Neuromuscular training that focus on the correct biomechanics of landing, stability and strength have be proven to considerably decrease the rate of Knee ACL injuries especially among the juniors. These conditioning programs are now widely recommended as part of an athletes training schedule especially where an athletes has a particular sport which is characterized with high incidence of ACL injuries.

From the preventative measures and the proper post ACL injured care mentioned above, athletes are able to reduce incidence of an ACL injury and their chances of a complete recovery if they had an ACL injury.