Anterior cruciate ligament repair

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the common structure that gets injured in a knee trauma apart from medial meniscus and medial collateral ligament.ACL injuries usually requires reconstruction or repair surgeries involving use of a graft to replace the torn ligament .Grafts may be Auto graft means part taken from own body such as tendon of the knee cap patellar tendon or one of the hamstring tendon. Some time quadriceps tendon is also considered. Other choice is allograft means part taken from a diseased donor. Repair is usually considered in an avulsion fracture, means separation of part of bone along with ligament is separated from the rest of the bone. Such injuries require restatement of broken piece to the main bone.