ACL reconstruction is the gold standard in ACL treatment. Recent research and innovations in ACL repairs have left surgeons wondering about a possible shift.
Orthopedics Today: “Primary repair research is a ‘holy-grail’ for sports medicine.”| Orthopedics Today, Brett D. Owens, MD, professor and vice chair of academic affairs in the department of orthopedic surgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, said primary repair research “is the ‘holy grail’ of sports medicine.”
“To be able to repair the ACL successfully, avoiding the need for a graft, is
