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The Role of Tinnidesis in ACL Repair
The tissue we use for an ACL is a graft so-called and for professional football or elite football, my strong preference is take it from the front of the knee. But women have small patellar tendons as a physical issue. Plus, as I mentioned earlier on, they often join the athlete level later. When they were growing it up, the stress is that cause reaction from the body to produce bigger, stronger tissues. So there is a practical issue that they're having smaller. It's not female specific, but female ACL reconstruction is at more risk of failure. And therefore, surgeons need to be really wary that they address every single issue in the knee, such as menisc