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Warning!  Alarmist, "clickbait" title follows:

24/6/2019

 
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Of course, the answer is "yes". Still very much needed ("kneeded"?  Ha Ha).

What this review ACTUALLY says is this:
The indication for ACL reconstruction is not "ACL injury".
Rather, the indication for ACL reconstruction is "instability after ACL injury, in spite of a period of good rehab"

Which is how I have treated ACL injuries for years.  And about ⅔ of the patients that I see with ACL injuries end up having surgery.  So, very much still needed, just not by everyone.

You can read the full review here www.physio-network.com/acl-surgery-no-longer-kneeded/


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