Indications of ACL surgery:
1.high demand athletic
2.symptomatic instability(feeling of give way/loss of balance)
3.Meniscal tear symptoms(joint line pain,locking)
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Partial tears if symtomatic and on examination positive for torn ACL tests requires diagnostic arthroscopic confirmation followed by ACL reconstruction.
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