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Tag: acl conservative management

24
Aug

I have torn my ACL, should i get surgery?

If you have had an ACL injury in recent years, you have probably been told to have it repaired surgically. With the past studies available, this was a good suggestion too. However, recently there has been some research to suggest that not all people need to have their ACL repaired. To many peoples shock, some ACL ligaments can be managed

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23
Apr

ACL Ruptures – Do all patients ‘K-need’ surgery?

ACL rehabilitation strategies Is ACL Reconstruction Necessary? At 2 and 5 year follow-up that there was no difference in patient reported knee outcomes, objective performance measures or return to sport rates, between patients treated with reconstruction or those treated with rehabilitation alone. There is low quality evidence of increased radiological knee damage in the reconstructed knee which may lead to

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