Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Explained: Example MRI Reviewed

[@oeno2515]

Thank you once again for a clear and concise illustration of one of the most common injuries in sports medicine!

[@JakeGibbonsMD]

Thanks for watching as always, much appreciated.

[@Пользовательпрофессионал]

Well done doctor, I really appreciate for this video!

[@kushagrajain7085]

This is extremely helpful! Thanks a lot

[@JakeGibbonsMD]

Thanks for watching!

[@deon.zoldyck]

We have a new worker at a retail work who has a knee brace in his left knee and apparently he tore his ACL playing lacrosse. I ask him if it’s completely torn or partially torn and he said it’s partially torn but he got a surgery on his knee in May. I’m curious they use tendons from your own body and used it as a replacement ACL, what happens to the replacement ACL overtime? Is it a much stronger than the actual ligament prior to the injury? I assumed it is since it’s a tendon or does the replacement deteriorates?

[@dragokamov]

It would also be very interesting to see situations where there is "some ACL left" to try to distinguish between partial tears and sprains - in other words, a situation where it would be much more beneficial to look at all sagittal axial and coronal views.

[@dragokamov]

Also, I would gladly provide you with my MRI reports, if you would like to create another video like that but you do not have MRI reports of other people who have agreed

[@asianangler]

my daughter tore her ACL fully a month ago and scheduled for ACL surgery in a couple of weeks. Lately her injured knee has been improved tremendously, is this normal? This progress is making me having doubt if the first MRI result is accurate or if she needs to do another MRI to see if her ACL is completely torn or partial?

[@JakeGibbonsMD]

Glad to hear your daughter is getting better. That is a great question and a hard one for me to answer. Some degree of improvement is definitely normal. I would ask your daughter’s surgeon what he or she thinks about the progress your daughter has made and if surgery is still necessary. As a rule of thumb, surgery is often a good option in young and healthy people with high grade tears. Low grade injuries are often treated without surgery.

[@Tennischamp10]

Smash williams and Boobie miles could have used your expertise Dr Jake Gibbons MD

[@JakeGibbonsMD]

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