Risks & Complications ACL Reconstruction

No surgical procedure is ever entirely without risk. At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we make every to ensure that the risks of ACL Surgery are very low.

However, there are certain points you should be aware of before surgery … and this video provides a brief overview of the risks specifically associated with ACL Surgery.

You can find more detail in the ACL Surgery Booklet in the Resources section or in the downloadable pdf at the foot of this page.

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Related links

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Choices NHS Choices: Knee Ligament Surgery National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) British Orthopaedic Association OrthoInfo - ACL Injury British Association for Surgery of the Knee Knee Guru Anaesthesia Information How The Knee Works

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About us

Hip and Knee.tv is part of the exclusive Patient Education programme run by the Orthopaedic Surgery team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was launched and created in 2006 by some of the orthopaedic surgeons at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital with the Rapid Recovery Hip replacement DVD. In 2010 the programme was expanded to include four key Knee procedures and in 2011 the website was created.
For more information: see the CONTACT US section.

PLEASE NOTE

This website is not a substitute for seeking proper advice should you feel that you are in need of Hip or Knee treatment. We strongly recommend that all medical issues are discussed with your own doctor or surgical team.

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Some of the content on this website has been produced with the kind assistance of the following people and organisations:

Lord Mayor Treloar Charitable Fund

Hampshire Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust

Ortho 2000 Research Fund

Biomet Europe

Mr Geoffrey Stranks
BSc FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Orth)

Mr Kevin Conn
FRCS FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Mr John Britton
FRCS