California practice adds ACL tear procedure

Summit Surgery Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., debuted the bridge-enhanced ACL restoration, Santa Barbara News-Press reported Jan. 19.

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Dr. Richard Ryu performed the first BEAR procedure on a 17-year-old soccer player. The procedure preserves a patient’s native ACL instead of replacing it with a graft.

Summit Surgery Center is one of the first centers on the West Coast to add the BEAR procedure. 

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