Patients as young as 10 will be able to undergo the procedure, according to a July 18 news release. Joshua Strassberg, MD, and David Lin, MD, performed the practice’s first Bear procedure on a 15-year-old patient.
The Bear implant reattaches the ACL tear instead of removing and excising it. The implant allows the patient’s own blood to heal and reattach the ACL.
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