ACL Injury Treatment
Surgery Pros and Cons
Advantages of surgical repair include:
- a higher degree of return to original functional level,
- an increase in patient satisfaction,
- a permanent solution to the original injury, and
- a decrease in further injuries within the knee.
There are possible complications, especially if you do not complete
your rehabilitation program, or return to sports too quickly:
- After the surgery, an occasional patient will not regain full motion
due to the build- up of scar tissue. This is very serious and may
require manipulating the knee under anesthesia. The incidence is
reduced with early aggressive physical therapy.
- Occasionally patients are unable to return to their previous level
of athletic performance in spite of successful surgery and
rehabilitation.
Physical therapy
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