Precaution

By carefully following the accelerated rehabilitation program permanent knee stiffness should be avoided. With appropriate wound care, both during and after surgery, infection occurs in less than one percent of the cases. By adhering to the accelerated rehabilitation program and using the Lovenox, Thromboembolic disease should not occur. Re-ruptures of the reconstructed ligament generally occur in knees that have an excellent result from reconstructive surgery, because the individual tends to be as active as they were before and more likely to sustain additional injuries that would rupture a native ACL. This happens in 15 percent of the patients below the age of 20. Patients in their 20s rupture their reconstructed ACL less than ten percent, but more than five percent of the time. Though, those over the age of 30 rarely experience a rupture. Fortunately, patients who have their ACL reconstructed with a graft from the opposite leg, almost never tear that other ACL.