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I am having acl allograft surgery in 3 days. i am 53 yrs old and just had knee scope in may to clean up torn cartlidge. acl is completely gone. it's been 3 months and my knee is unstable and the joint is moving out of place. pain has increased and more da

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Unstable knee: Unstable knee , pending acl recon with allograft , will be helpful if ur articular joint surface is not overly damaged and u r aware of the Amt of required rehab needed on ur part , If last scope was may 2016 , need weight bearing films to eval amount of articular surface damageb

Answered 4/30/2017

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A member asked:

I am having acl allograft surgery in 3 days. i am 53 yrs old and just had knee scope in may to clean up torn cartlidge. acl is completely gone. it's been 3 months and my knee is unstable and the joint is moving out of place. pain has increased and more da

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