MINIMAL INVASIVE ACL SURGERY
What is the surgery?
The Minimal invasive ACL surgery is simply replacing your torn ligament with a tissue graft. This graft acts as a scaffolding for a new ligament to grow on.
How the Minimal invasive ACL surgery done?
With an arthroscope using small incisions, arthroscopic ACL surgery is less invasive, Dr Tarabichi will replace your torn ligament with a tissue graft. This graft acts as a scaffolding for a new ligament to grow on, grafts can be obtained from several sources, often they are taken from the patellar tendon, hamstring tendons at the back of the thigh are a common source of grafts, sometimes a quadriceps tendon, which runs from the kneecap into the thigh, is used, finally, cadaver graft (allograft) can be used.
What is after the surgery?
"The patient may return to sports when there is no longer pain or swelling, when full knee range of motion has been achieved, and when muscle strength, endurance and functional use of the leg have been fully restored"
When the surgery is recommended?
Active adult patients involved in sports or jobs that require heavy manual work are encouraged to consider surgical treatment, activity, not age, should determine if surgical intervention should be considered. A patient with a torn ACL and significant functional instability has a high risk of developing secondary knee damage and should therefore consider ACL reconstruction, in young children, The surgeon can delay ACL surgery until the child is closer to skeletal maturity
What is the surgical choices ?
Patellar tendon autograft. The middle third of the patellar tendon of the patient, along with a bone plug from the shin and the kneecap is used in the patellar tendon autograft. Hamstring tendon autograft. The semitendinosus hamstring tendon on the inner side of the knee is used in creating the hamstring tendon autograft for ACL reconstruction Quadriceps tendon autograft. The quadriceps tendon autograft is often used for patients who have already failed ACL reconstruction Allografts. Allografts are grafts taken from cadavers