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Management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries with Dr Adam Culvenor

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ACL Reconstruction - What Are the Consequences?

Once you have an ACL injury, it's probably not ever going to be a normal knee. About 50% of people within five to 10 years following their ACL injury will ultimately develop osteoarthritis in their ACL injury. We know that about one in three people report ongoing pain and symptoms in their knee up to five or six years after their ACL reconstruction. And we're doing some work in that space at the moment as well. But there's also a bit foretold high risk of having a knee replacement when you're 60 if you've had an ACL injury.

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