Applications and Technical Pearls in ACL Repair

At the Sports Medicine Fellowship Forum, Patrick A. Smith, MD (Naples, FL), demonstrates an ACL primary repair using the InternalBrace™ technique. Dr. Smith reviews recent literature and addresses possible future directions.

The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.