Gohil S, Annear PO,Breidahl W.
British Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2007; 89-B;9:1165-1171
There are now a number of ways to perform arthroscopic ACL reconstructions. One factor which determines the outcomes is the fixation of the grafts and the potential for the graft to revascularise. The graft is at it’s weakest when the graft is revascularising and so rehabilitation tends to depend on when the graft has revascularised. Conventional arthroscopic reconstructions take up to 6-16 weeks to revascularise.