AOSSM Youth to the NFL Sports Medicine Course with CME-Optimizing the ACL in 2023

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In the video, the speaker discusses different options for ACL surgery, including various graft types such as allograft, BTB, hamstring, and Achilles. The speaker shares their clinical experience and preference for using BTB autograft with screw fixation, citing reasons such as ease of harvest, reliable graft size, and proven outcomes in terms of knee stability and return to sport. The speaker also mentions the use of internal braces, LETs, and ALLs in certain cases. They provide statistics on graft preference in the NFL and discuss studies comparing outcomes of different graft types, including considerations such as re-rupture rates, knee stability, and complications like infection. Overall, the speaker concludes that BTB autograft is currently considered the gold standard in ACL surgery, particularly in the NFL.

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Presented by James P. Bradley MD

Keywords

ACL surgery

BTB autograft

knee stability

graft types

NFL