ACL Reconstruction Surgery Pics (mildly disgusting)

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Sequenced pics from my hamstring graft ACL surgery on 11/16/04. Don't let this be you.


1 of 6: First look at and checking out my medial meniscal tear comparing it to the good one. Taking a peek at the completely torn acl:



2 of 6: Poking around at the slightly torn meniscus, luckily it wasn't all that bad so they left it alone. Bottom pics show the notch wear the acl is suppossed to be. They drill this out later...pretty gnarly in the video.



3 of 6: Here comes the first of many drills. Drilling out that notch from above. Wear that Acufex thing is pointing to at the bottom is basically the top of my tibia...there will be a new hole there soon where they'll thread the new acl through.



4 of 6: Note the tip of the drill pit poking up through my tibia in the top two pics. Bottom pics is making sure this hole in the tibia lines up with the hole they drilling in the femur. Making sure its the correct length, width, etc.



5 of 6: The bottom left pic shows them threading the new acl up through the tibia into the femur. Bottom right pic is my new ACL!!! Wohoo! Ain't she pretty!?!! Nice and bomber looking eh?



sicks of sicks: And there's the new ACL rockin out in place. Here they're flexing my knee to make sure everything clears. New knee now ready to unleash hell on the slopes in about 6 months.

[phUnk]

Sweet merciful crap!

Looks like you picked up Acuflex as a sponsor. Sick.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Looks like you picked up Acuflex as a sponsor. Sick.

Photo incentive check is on the way.

[schuss]

neato. Nowhere near as gory as my chronological progression of a third degree burn. What's all that crap just floating around in there? The bone mass left from drilling?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

What's all that crap just floating around in there?

Snow.

seriously though, yeah bone schtuff. cartilage stuff. all kinds of stuff. in the vid, they do a lot of vacuuming up of little bits and pieces of the old acl and whatnot.

[Stoysluttie1]

I lost my appetite.

[Trackhead]

pfft, disgusting? That's not disgusting.
Looks like the hardware store tool section

But hope you recover quickly.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

yeah I didn't think it was too disgusting either, but thought I'd put the warning in the title so sally's like Stoy wouldn't lose their appetite

[GT40]

I like every itme you guys post these surgery threads. I keep learning new stuff all the time.

Hey Ty, are you hitting the PT like AG? If you are, I'm impressed.

[Alkasquawlik]

So do you got a dead dude's ACL in there? Cause ya know that means dead peoples are all getting up inside you. So that means you're a necrophiliac, right? Sicko


Hope that gross oyster looking thing holds up through years of Kirkwood flat-landings. Keep it up in PT and you'll be golden for the April Showers and May dumps.

[Lance_K]

I just did the ACL/MCL reconstruction 3 months ago with the hamstring. The recovery has been three times faster than my other knee ACL/MCL patella replacement.

You will be kickin' ass soon.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

gt -- hittin the PT like AG? I dunno 'bout that, she's hittin it pretty hard, but I'm trying to follow her wake. I'm in PT 3 days a week now, and doing lots of stuff on my own now too.

alka -- I got the hamstring graft. And Kw's landings aren't all flat?!!!....oh wait, yeah I guess they are....

lancekoudele -- yer recovery with a hammy graft has been quicker eh? That's cool. Aside from the first week post-op...this hasn't been to bad. Was on crutches for only the first week and I can already walk without limping. Almost got a full revolution around on the stationary bike in PT the other day...can't wait to start pedaling again.

1 year ago this very weekend I ran a marathon....now I can't even a pedal a bike. Frustrating as hell....but that anger & frustration is fuel.....

[Ski Monkey]

That's cool as hell. Ok, not cool as hell that you torn your acl obviously, but cool that you got it on vid and pics. You have something other than scars to show for it. When I had my appendix taken out about ten years ago they gave me a copy and I was pretty stoked. First time I watched it I couldn't believe it was me with all the cutting, cauterizing, etc.

[Lance_K]

So Tyrone where'd you get sliced?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

So Tyrone where'd you get sliced?

UCDMC -- University California Davis Medical Center which is in Sacramento.

Dr. Richard Marder (Sacramento King's ortho) was/is my surgeon.

(killer pics on your site btw).

[Lance_K]

UCDavis med center must have the skills. Sounds like you are making good progress.

I went to the orthopedic surgen of the US ski and snowboard teams- Dr Cooley in Park City. WAY kick ass if/when you do the other knee. Not cheap but fuck I never would buy cheap gear for the mountain.

Stick with it man it'll be over before you know it.. ducking ropes on Thimble Peak. Your Kirkwood right?

[Mrs Roo]

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You keep going, sweetheart. the PT will do it in the long run. I remember seeing an ACL reconstruction live when i was a baby physio. The pics bring it all back.

[splat]

Dude, I hate to bring it up now, but it appears that Boy Scout jacknife you lost 16 years ago is in the very first photo of your kneecap.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Lance -- yeah Kirkwood. Was able to get in 2 pow days there in October before surgery thanks to those super early storms.

Mrs. Roo -- Thanks. PT will be a different sort of marathon me thinks.

splat -- hahaa...yeah I saw that thing in the background of the first pic. don't know what the hell that is. Doc only gave me the highlights when he ran through the pics.

[Lance_K]

What's Andrew Boucher been doing lately?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

What's Andrew Boucher been doing lately?

Hmmm...can't say that I knew an Andrew Boucher...but I've only been skiing Kirkwood for about 3 years. Splat's been skiing there a hell of a lot longer than me though and maybe does...Splat?

[Keoni]

Dude, it's just like the Discovery channel. I think I can see the face of the Virgin Mary in one of those pics. Are you sure that one pic is a drill and not a router. ACL graft using a router would be core.

[hop]

(killer pics on your site btw).

What? you mean the MH Meadows Ropetow Extremo gnar photoshoot(complete w/ slutterific green Norrona bibs) didn't have anything good enough to make the website? Geez... looks like I have to start kiteboarding to get any play!

[splat]

What's Andrew Boucher been doing lately?

Drew's reppin up a storm, gettin married, and being schwank after tradin the dream for a cloud.

[Lance_K]

What? you mean the MH Meadows Ropetow Extremo gnar photoshoot(complete w/ slutterific green Norrona bibs) didn't have anything good enough to make the website? Geez... looks like I have to start kiteboarding to get any play!

Hey Adam don't write yourself off yet- a few of those shots of you are coming up on the new site. Getto-fabulous man.

Glad to hear Andrew B is alive in kirkwood.... so is he repping boards or poles? Damn that boy could cut the tightest lines I ever saw on a snowboard. Glad to hear he's found a nice cloud to nest in.