How can you fix it?

The surgeons first take out the pieces of the torn ACL using a motorized tool called a shaver.
In some patients, the "notch" where the ACL is located is extremely narrow. If this is the case the notch can be widened using a burr so that there is not a risk of rerupturing the newly resonstructed. ACL.
At this point, the surgeons focus on getting the graft. It can either come from the patellar tendon, hamstring, or cadaver. The differences in these grafts are discussed in the next section.
Then they drill holes in the femur and tibia using an endoscopic femoral drill guide.
The graft is then placed through the tibia, through the knee joint, and into the femoral drill hole.
Bioabsorbable screws are placed into the femoral drill hole and the tibia. (Seen to the right)
The incisions are closed up and the procedure is finished.

Home Basic Anatomy How is it torn? How do you know? How can you fix it? Which graft is better? Why women? How to prevent References	Arothroscopic Reconstructive Surgery The surgeons first take out the pieces of the torn ACL using a motorized tool called a shaver. In some patients, the "notch" where the ACL is located is extremely narrow. If this is the case the notch can be widened using a burr so that there is not a risk of rerupturing the newly resonstructed. ACL. At this point, the surgeons focus on getting the graft. It can either come from the patellar tendon, hamstring, or cadaver. The differences in these grafts are discussed in the next section. Then they drill holes in the femur and tibia using an endoscopic femoral drill guide. The graft is then placed through the tibia, through the knee joint, and into the femoral drill hole. Bioabsorbable screws are placed into the femoral drill hole and the tibia. (Seen to the right) The incisions are closed up and the procedure is finished.	Arthroscopic Reconstructive Surgery
		The image to the left shows the graft being pulled through the femoral drill hole, knee joint, and the tibia.