It takes a donor tendon, in Bella they used one from her quad, and positions it to function as the ACL, anchoring it, then pulling it tightly to encourage healing. “They’re going to drill ...

ACL tears are common, with an estimated annual incidence of 68.6 per 100,000 person-years in the United States.Primary ACL repair has been explored in the past but fell out of favor due to its high ...

A surgical procedure called lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) boosts the recovery for patients suffering from anterior ...

In cases of ACL deficiency, the posterior root of the ... with a superior quality of life and less cost to the health care system 10 years after the intervention compared with either partial ...

Eventually, Lepley added, better understanding of how ACL injury affects the nervous system could lead to better treatment for severe knee injuries, including brain stimulation to re-train the ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Singing River Health System is the first in Mississippi to offer innovative Bridge Enhanced ACL Repair, or BEAR Implants to treat ACL tears. Every year, approximately ...