Inspiring trustee visit to The Duncan Hospital, Bihar

Prof Mackay has been operating in a different theatre this week – as a trustee of our supported charity The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust he has been in India on a visit to The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, catching up on the progress of some of the projects and staff sponsorships that the charity funds.…

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Accelerated Rehabilitation with InternalBrace™ Augmentation in a Professional Footballer. July 23

Abstract: Introduction: Interest in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair has been increasing as an alternative to traditional reconstructive techniques and encouraging results have been demonstrated using internal bracing with suture tape augmentation (FiberTape®, Arthrex, Naples, Florida). ACL repair is challenging if the rupture is mid-substance or distal. We describe the case of a hybrid ACL…

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Deficits in Muscle Strength Are Not Seen Following Recovery from Augmented Primary Repair of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears. Sep 2023

Objectives: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair for proximal tears, where the ligament is re-attached and augmented with suture tape, can negate the need for graft harvest, thereby maintaining native anatomy. Autograft harvest has been associated with persistent deficits in lower limb muscle strength after recovery from ACL reconstruction. The aim of this study is to…

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Podcast: ACL Research – we talk to global expert Professor Kate Webster

Women’s football is full of talk about an ACL injury ‘epidemic’ – but is this really the case? To help us find answers we were delighted to welcome to the podcast, world-leading ACL injury research expert Professor Kate Webster who is Director of the Sport, Exercise, and Research Focus Area at La Trobe University in…

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New Podcast: Innovations in sports knee injury treatments

In our latest podcast episode, we look at what’s new in the fields of sports knee injury treatments and prevention. Prof Mackay recently attended the 8th joint Preservation Congress in Warsaw where some of the world’s finest knee surgeons, researchers, and rehab experts gathered to discuss new treatments and their findings. So for the latest…

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Marathon Man’s Achilles rupture recovery

Patient Story: Absolutely loved getting these photos into the office this morning. Former patient Richard Hamilton after completing the Paris Marathon 2023 in a highly respectable sub-5 hour time. What makes this a really remarkable achievement though is the fact that Richard had InternalBrace surgery with Prof Mackay on a ruptured Achilles just 24 weeks…

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Meet the player-turned-professor revolutionising ACL surgery

The Athletic By Jordan Campbell 11/01/23 In his green and blue chequered kilt, Professor Gordon Mackay was proclaimed the ‘Godfather’ by Brazil’s national-team surgeon Dr Moises Cohen. The Scot had been invited out to Sao Paulo to explain his groundbreaking internal brace (IB) technique to leading South American surgeons who work in the football world,…

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