The quest for the best technology of ACL treatment has come to an end with our ACL reconstruction augmented with fibretape internal bace technology. Yes, for patients with special functional demands like that of various sportspersons, gymnasts, footballers, kabaddi players, gym freaks etc, ACL Treatment with fibretape internal brace that was earlier available only in the western world, is now available with us at Narayan Spine and Ortho Hospital, Faridabad.

Introducing the ACL Reconstruction with tendon grafts & Fibretape internal brace augmentation technology

It has long been established that complete tear of anterior cruciate ligament best heals with treatment. This is called ACL reconstruction treatment. We have been successfully doing the standard ACL reconstruction using tendon grafts for routine patients for years and still continue to do it. This however requires prolonged rehabilitation time and delayed return to sports. For patients involved in various sports, adding a fibretape internal bace protects the tendon graft by providing an additional support enabling early knee bending and quick return to sports without any fear of graft loosening or failure.

Types of ACL tear

Grade 1 : Your ACL is just stretched out but not torn into two parts. This is the least severe type of tear and does not require treatment. Just consult your orthopedician and he will help you recover.

Grade 2 : Your ACL is partially torn. Your knee may be totally stable or slightly unstable. Depending on the severity of your problem and your functional demands, you may do without treatment or rarely may require treatment. This tear is however rare.

Grade 3 : ACL is completely torn and knee is unstable. This definitely requires treatment. Choose your ACL surgeon and the technique he performs wisely.

How do you know your ACL tear requires treatment?

1. You may have a twisting injury to the knee while playing a sport or running or following a fall from a two wheeler or a road accident. You may hear a ‘pop’ in the knee at the time of injury.

You have pain in the knee and swelling also develops in the knee within a day or two following injury. X-rays of the knee don’t show any fracture or injury in cases of ACL tear.

When the pain and swelling gets better few weeks after injury, you find it difficult to control the knee while brisk walking or running. Your knee seems to give way and you don’t find that natural firmness in your knee. This is called knee instability and it limits your walking speed.

Your doctor examines the knee and finds out by special clinical tests that your knee is unstable (Lachman test and anterior drawer test).

MRI of the knee shows ACL tear. ACL tear may be of 3 types as already mentioned and complete tear requires ACL treatment.