Link discussing alternate approach to ACL surgery using bovine collagen and patient's own blood, being studied at some sites (in 2020)
"Pioneered by Dr. Martha Murray, orthopedic surgeon-in-chief at Boston Children’s Hospital, the BEAR procedure has shown such promising early results that the FDA authorized its marketing in late 2020."
https://www.uchealth.org/today/acl-t...urn-to-sports/