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Re: Question on Different ACL Surgeries
Posted By: Caroline Kennedy
Date: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, at 12:36 p.m.
In Response To: Question on Different ACL Surgeries (Holly)
Hi Holly
Always good to see another "Revisioner" on the board. I am in the same boat as you. I blew my right ACL skiing in March 2002. Had auto-hamstring ACL in June 2002. Tore the graft in two stages when I returned to skiing. Dr. Mark helped me greatly in concurring with my new OS who thought the tunnels were in the wrong place and the high incidence of allo failures. I went with an auto-patellar, after a bone grafting procedure to fill in the the first tunnels.
On an overall note I think you need to find an OS that has done lots of revisions. My first surgery was with Kaiser in Colorado where you didn't exactly have a lot of choice! I think he did more hip and knee replacements than anything else. When I relocated to Portland, Oregon I put a question on this very board as to anyone know of a good ortho in Portland, OR? I got quite a few responses and went from there!
Good luck and feel free to contact me should I be able to assist in any way.
Caroline
> I am scheduled for my second ACL reconstruction on my right
> knee on September 2nd. My previous doctor used the
> hamstring graft back in 2000. This time (with a new doctor)
> it will be an Allograph (sp?). Is it possible that my
> previous doctor didn't do a good surgery? I just went in
> for a second opinion because I didn't like the way my
> previous OS discussed the results of the MRI. I have read
> that second surgeries are not always successful and am
> afraid I will be worse off than I am now. Has anyone else
> been in my situation? If so, please share your story and
> ease my mind. THANK YOU!
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