However, Dr. Milne extends his expertise far beyond professional athletes. He serves as a head team physician and a consulting physician for several local high school athletic programs. He treats all his patients with the newest and most effective treatments for repairing their injuries and is focused on getting them back to play. For example, he uses the AperFix System for ACL repair with patients who consent to the new type of surgery.
Traditionally, ACL repair required a 10-inch incision and for the patient to spend two months in a cast. However, the AperFix System allows surgeons to perform the minimally invasive procedure through an incision less than one inch, according to a Cayenne Medical report. The surgeon drills a hole through the leg bone and thigh bone where the ACL has been and removes a piece of ligament from the patient’s hamstring. The piece is doubled to increase strength and pulled through the holes where the ACL once was. The surgeon wedges two devices in the holes he created and the device expands and lodges the new ligament in place.
“Ligament doesn’t heal. You have to replace it,” said Dr. Milne in the report. He has performed more than 900 ACL surgeries and 200 with this new technique. “People need to know there’s an alternative and to ask around.”
In addition to his practice, Dr. Milne is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the Major League baseball Team Physicians Association. He is also a former team physician for the United States Ski Team.
Dr. Milne earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, where he also completed his residency and internship.
Learn more about Dr. Michael Milne.
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– Orthopedic and Spine Industry Leader to Know: Dr. Kirkham B. Wood of Massachusetts General Hospital
– Orthopedic and Spine Industry Leader to Know: Dr. Gary Waslewski of The Orthopedic Surgery Center of Arizona
