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Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament is a disease that requires surgery for reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament is a disease that requires surgery for reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament




As you know, anterior cruciate often injured, it is related to sports, namely when offset lower leg forward.

Anterior cruciate ligament is inside of the knee joint. So it will not heal without surgery. And after the cruciate ligament rupture, the knee joint is not stable due to this the meniscus begins to deteriorate. And further it causes degenerative arthritis of the knee.

Knee joints MRI
ACL ruptured knee MRI (left picture), Healthy joint MRI (right picture)
There are two methods of operation for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

1) The use of your own ligament
2) The use of donor ligament

If you use a ligament from another part of your body, as the hip, then the period of rehabilitation will be much longer, and the pain will be for 6 months or more. For using a donor ligament, there is an only a little difference in the cost of operation, but better operation result.

The anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery is minimally invasive and is not a complex operation. You do not need a whole body anesthesia, but only spinal anesthesia.
It is also important to do well rehabilitation exercises after surgery to restore knee function, as well as to strengthen it.
After the operation, sometimes the patients do bad rehabilitation exercises for the knee, which may lead to re-rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.
After 6 months of rehabilitation exercises you may bring back a healthy knee joint. But the reducing period of the recovery can be shortened and the pain symptoms after surgery can be reduced, it is all depends on you!

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