NUH orthopaedic surgeon shares about the causes, treatment options, reconstruction surgery process, recovery process of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. A patient also shares her recovery experience.
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is a common sports injury. When it happens, you will often hear a ‘pop’, feel pain or that the knee has shifted out of place, and develop significant swelling in just a few hours. It’s usually sustained in sports which involves rapid change in direction, jumping and landing motions, e.g. soccer, basketball, etc.
Depending on the severity of your ACL injury, treatment may include rest and rehabilitation exercises, or ACL reconstructive surgery to replace the torn ligament.
It is a keyhole procedure involving the removal of the torn ACL and replacing it with a tendon taken from another part of the knee.
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