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Surgical Procedure:

Rylie Shaw

  • Three incisions
  • Finds and examines the tears
  • Harvests the graft
  • Drills the holes
  • Strings graft through tunnels
  • Anchors graft
  • Repairs meniscus tear
  • Closes

Shadowed at Orthopedic Associates of Zanesville

http://umm.edu/health/medical/ency/presentations/anterior-cruciate-ligament-repair-series

What does this mean to me?

Knee Arthroscopy: ACL Reconstruction with Hamstring Graft and Lateral Menisectomy

Orthopedic Associates of Zanesville

  • Educationally: I learned valuble information about the anatomy and physiology of the human body
  • Professionally: I got witness first hand how to interact with patients
  • Personally: I was very narrow-minded about wanting to specialize in pediatrics, but now I realize there are a lot of other options and I should keep an open mind.
  • Patient was a 17 year old male soccer player
  • Knee Anatomy :
  • 3 bones
  • 4 ligaments
  • meniscus
  • Zanesville, OH
  • Six Doctors
  • Two Physician's Assistants
  • Dr. Finck
  • Mostly shoulders and knees

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00549

Diagnosing a Torn ACL/Meniscus:

Options to Repair the ACL:

1. Symptoms: loose, buckles, unstable, heard a "pop", swollen

2. X-ray: rule out any bone damage

3. MRI: will shown torn ACL and meniscus

Activities

1. No surgery:

  • Not completely torn, possibility of healing with rest
  • physical therapy
  • Monday and Friday were spent in the OR
  • Other days were spent in the office
  • I observed all the surgeries
  • In the office I observed small procedures and observed how he interacted with patients
  • I learned about procedures done, surgeries performed and diagnostics

2. Surgery:

  • Will not heal on own
  • returning to athletics or is causing extreme discomfort
  • four different graft options:
  • Cadaver
  • Patellar Tendon
  • Hamstring Tendon
  • Quad Tendon

http://www.leonmeadmd.com/orthopedic-services-naples/sports-medicine-naples/acl-sports-medicine/

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