Tag Archives: Torn ACL

ACL Repair: Your Tissue or Someone Else’s?

| December 30, 2016

If you have torn your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the main ligament that stabilizes the knee, and are scheduled for reconstructive surgery to repair it, your surgeon could use either an autograft or an allograft. What is the difference between the two? An autograft is a piece of tissue removed from your body and used […]

Double-bundle Surgery to Repair ACL Damage

| December 2, 2016

The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, which connects the femur (thigh bone) to the tibia (shin bone) in the center of the knee joint, actually consists of two “bundles” or “bands.” One, the anteromedial (AM) , controls the forward and backward movement of the tibia while the other, the posterolateral (PL), controls the knee when […]