1. Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine Sports Medicine

2. ACL Reconstruction Surgery

3. Anatomy

4. Ligament Function

5. NormalTorn

6. Arthroscopic Surgery

7. Graft Options Patellar Tendon Hamstrings Allograft

8. Patellar Tendon

9. Patellar Tendon Graft Harvest

10. Reconstructing the ACL

11. Hamstrings

12. Hamstrings Graft Harvest

13. Reconstructing the ACL

14. Your New ACL

16. Goal Stable knee that does not give out and allows full return to desired activity

17. Possible Risks and Complications Anesthetic Stiffness Infection Blood clot Pain, numbness, swelling, mechanical symptoms, giving way

18. Rehab Expect 6 months of rehab before returning to running, cutting, and collision sports

19. No surgery is ever guaranteed, but ACL reconstruction is a highly successful procedure