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Important Risk Factors for Treatment Failure with ACI 3 days 23 hours ago 15
Is Return-To-Sport A Measure of Success Following ACL Surgery? 3 days 23 hours ago 8
What Do We Know About the Iliotibial Band Syndrome? 2 weeks 3 days ago 69
What About Rehab After Cartilage Transplantation for the Knee? 4 weeks 2 days ago 92
When Knee Surgery is Doomed to Fail 5 weeks 3 days ago 147
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Frequently Asked Questions

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I am an assistant coach of a women's basketball team at a small college. In the past, I've worked with both male and female athletes. I've noticed something I wonder about. When an athlete injures his or her ACL and has surgery, they don't all get back on the court in the same time frame. Some don't ever make it back. Is this a matter of personality, competitive edge, type of surgery, or something else? 3 days 10 hours ago 2
It's weird my boyfriend and I both blew out our ACL playing competitive basketball at the college level. We both had surgery with the same surgeon and went through the same rehab program. Yet he is back on the court playing full blast and I'm still not ready. Is this a boy-girl thing? More of a "who is more competitive" thing? I try not to let it bother me, but it is. 3 days 10 hours ago 3
I'm really bummed. I had a surgery called autologous chondrocyte implantation or ACI for short. It was actually two surgeries by the time they harvested my cartilage cells, grew more, and then put them in the hole in my knee cartilage. It's been six months and I still have knee pain, loss of motion, and can't do my normal activities. I guess I have lots of questions. Do I just give it more time? Did I do something wrong? What's the next step? Do I need more surgery? Please tell me what you know. 3 days 10 hours ago 5
I know smoking is not good for you. But it is an addiction and one that I can't seem to break. The reason this is a problem right now is because I have a huge hole in my knee joint cartilage. The surgeon assures me this one won't go away by itself and that I need treatment. A knee cartilage transplant has been recommended. But when I went on line to look at this procedure, there were warnings about failed surgeries in smokers. What do you know about this? 3 days 10 hours ago 2
I've heard you can have surgery for a chronic iliotibial band syndrome. Please tell me more. I think I may be headed in that direction. 2 weeks 3 days ago 13

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