New kind of knee surgery provides much needed relief for patients (Orthopedics This Week)
A new kind of knee surgery is providing much needed relief for patients in the greater Houston area. For many years, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions have been frequently performed to correct instability in the knee, however many patients never return to their pre-injury level of activity following surgery. That is changing, says orthopaedic surgeon Dr. William Hayes, because surgeons are now addressing injuries to the anterolateral ligament (ALL) in the knee as well. Trained specifically in sports medicine, Dr. Hayes is currently the only surgeon in the Houston area performing ALL reconstruction.
“I’ve performed approximately 30 ALL reconstructions since late last year, and I’m very pleased with the surgical outcomes,” says Dr. Hayes with Sterling Ridge Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. “The stability it gives the patient is really exciting.” These surgeries have all taken place at Lake Woodlands Surgical and Spring Central Hospital.
The ALL procedure was pioneered in 2013 after Belgian surgeon Dr. Steven Claes published a study showing the ALL is present in 99 percent of kn...
