Welcome to the Sports Injury Surgery website which is administered by Mr Breandán Long FRCSI FFSEM. Mr Long specialises in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery and Rotator Cuff Surgery. This site has been developed specifically for the general public and sports persons alike, as a resource for finding relevant information about Sports Injury Treatment, Orthopaedic Surgery and Physiotherapy. Visitors interested in these topics will find the Sports Injury Surgery website to be a valuable web resource for finding the information or answers they are seeking and as this site is updated frequently we encourage you to stop by often.

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Sports Injury Blog

Our Sports Injury Blog is the place to find new articles, resources, tips, advice etc. on sports injuries.

Cartilage Repair

Cartilage Repair – What is the state of play Can cartilage be regrown? The answer is not really or kind of. So what is the best method to repair an articular cartilage lesion of the medial femoral condyle in a 25 year old footballer? The answer to this is very simple. I don’t know. So [..]
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15 Year Follow Up of Anterior Cruciate Ligament surgery

15 Year outcomes in Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstructed patients Leo Pinczewski’s study in the January 2011 edition of the AJSM has some interesting information. In his article he followed 90 isolated ACL reconstructed patients over 15 years. 24% had a tear of the contra lateral ACL during that time and 8% ruptured their graft. A [..]
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ACL LARS Augmentation Device

Another ACL graft option Artificial ligaments in anterior cruciate ligament have had a bad reputation for a long time. So much so that they have been almost totally dismissed as an option in the USA and Europe. No reports at international meetings or in journals report on their outcomes. Until now that is and the [..]
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