Return to Play After ACL Reconstruction With Bone Marrow Aspirate, DBM, and an Internal Brace

Inclusion Criteria

• INCLUSION CRITERIA: All patients must meet the following criteria:

• Patients must be age 14-26 years old.
• Skeletally mature patients, with an ACL deficient knee who desire to have ACL reconstructive surgery using autograft augmentation.
• Patients must be a tanner stage of 5 and a posteroanterior left hand film x-ray will be obtained to confirm bone age and skeletal maturity
• Patients with associated meniscal and chondral pathology (except patients falling into exclusion criteria below) will be included in the study; such pathology will be treated at the time of ACL reconstruction at the discretion of the surgeon, and such pathology and treatment will be recorded.
• An understanding of the purpose of the study and providing written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

• Patients with multi-ligament surgery (MCL, PCL, LCL, PMC, or PLC repair or reconstruction),
• Patients who have undergone previous ACL reconstructive surgery.
• Patients who are currently pregnant or nursing.
• Patients who have a current infection at the operative site.
• Any condition or personal issue that the surgeon deems ineffective to the outcome of the study.