ACL Surgery - What it does?

What to expect from an ACL surgery?

By ACL is meant Anterior Cruciate Ligament. ACL is a thong of tissues inside the knee. they get damaged while being stretched or worn down. This mostly happens while running or moving suddenly or jumping. Hence mostly seen in people who are fond of playing sports.

In a healthy ACL, the thong will help in holding the bones at one place. Also, help in keeping knees stable. In case any damage is found to happen in knees, then the person has trouble applying pressure on knees, and has difficulty in walking.

If your ACL is worn out in a slight manner, then it will cure on its own. Your doctor will also help you in getting it recovered. But if the situation is worse, then you need a replacement to be done. In case you are older, you might not even need ACL surgery and the pain might heal with treatments

How does the operation take place?

Your torn ligament will be removed by your surgeon from your knee, and then be replaced with new tissue.

The doctors will inject tiny needle-like things along with a camera, by making small cuts near your knee. The fear of damage is much lesser in this process rather than in other methods.

How does the process work?

Once you're worn out ACL is removed, your surgeon will place a hamstring in its place. Then the surgeon might take a hamstring form someplace else in the body during the surgery, at many times doctors also use hamstrings from people who have left the soul. Once the tendon is placed into knee it is termed as a graft.

The graft is placed where it should be kept, after which the surgeon augers two holes, which r known as ‘tunnels’. He drills on a hole in the bone above the knee and the other one goes in the bone below it. After which two spikes into the tunnels and fastener the graft where they are supposed to be.

ACL reconstruction

Another thing which is getting popular is ACL reconstruction. In ACL reconstruction, operating fabrics graft replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament, which is placed in the knee is restored, so that it functions properly post-injury. The worn out ligament is taken out from knee before grafts are placed.