Conventional |
Advanced |
It can take 2 to 3 weeks for 90 degree bending |
Can bend knee to 90 degree next day |
Large incision |
Small incision |
Screw is used on tibial fixation |
Endobutton is used for tibial fixation |
Large tibial bone cutting |
Small tibial bone cutting |
delayed |
Joint balancing achieved early |
More painful due to more bone cut |
Less painful |
Need to take 2 hamstring grafts |
Need to take 1 hamstring graft only |
Less graft strength |
Graft strength will be more |
No fibre tape |
Fibretape will be act as seat belt and prevent new ACL to get tear |
More chances of graft loosening |
Less chances of graft loosening |
cheaper |
costly |
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Special equipment required |
Dr Ankur Dhiman is the best orthopedic surgeon in Faridabad. He is specialist in ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic knee, shoulder procedures and joint replacement surgeries. He has completed his MBBS and MS(Orthopaedics) from prestigious institute PGIMS, Rohtak. He joined the most prestigious institute AIIMS, New-Delhi as senior resident and worked there for 3 years. He has been extensively trained in Joint replacement (Navigation), Arthroscopy (key hole surgery) and complex trauma in Couple of best centers of India. Orthopaedics at ASIAN Hospital, sector-21a, Faridabad