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.
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| 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!
