jointsguruKnee ligament surgery is one of the most common surgery in orthopedics. More than 2 lakh surgeries done in USA. India is not far behind. Many people are scared that ACL surgery has fix life and a patient may need a repeat surgery after some time. But it is not true.
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ACL surgery is for life time. If your ligament is healed then you will not need a repeat surgery again. Dr Naveen Sharma has done more than 6000 ligament surgeries in last 15 years and never have to re do it again.
ACL is done by using natural graft from body. Most common grafts which are used in ACL reconstruction are hamstring, Peroneus , bone patella bone , Quadricpes tendon. Once graft is taken by bone in Tibia and femur bones, knee joint become normal. So It is not like knee replacement or hip replacement where metal implant is used. In knee replacement and hip replacement life of implant is fixed. It will work for 20 to 25 years.
But ACL is not like hip and knee replacement. We are making a natural graft in the body. So once ACL is done it will last for whole life. If you meet an accident again than only you can re tear your ACL. Other wise there is no chance of ACL failure or loosening in your whole life.
If you do good physiotherapy your muscles become stronger. Strong muscles also help in prevention of re tear of ACL. That is why it is very important to do advance rehabilitation and trained your self to prevent any injury of knee joint.
Following things make your ACL surgery last forever.
- Strong graft
- Good muscle training
- Advance rehabilitation.
