Kreuzbandriss - operieren oder nicht? | Dr. med. Werner Bartens

Torn cruciate ligament - surgery or not? | Dr. Werner Bartens In the past, a diagnosis of a torn cruciate ligament meant the end of a career – today, professional footballers are often back on the pitch just six months after the injury. But what about laypeople, non-athletes, or amateurs? Is knee surgery always necessary if the ligament is torn? What are the pros and cons? After all, in Germany, less than half of all cruciate ligament tears are operated on. Which ligament is actually torn? What is the quality of life with and without surgery? This video covers the main causes of the injury, the criteria for surgical intervention, the typical surgical technique, and the time the knee needs after the procedure until it can bear full weight again. The examples of professional footballers Sami Khedira and Holger Badstuber have shown that returning to training and competition too quickly can lead to secondary injuries that repeatedly set athletes back in the years to come. Source for the knee joint graphic: Süddeutsche Zeitung: https://www.sueddeutsche.de Overview of conservative versus surgical treatment, Deutsches Ärzteblatt: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/203... Specialist article on cruciate ligament rupture regarding gender, physical activity, and surgery: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18063... Frequency of cruciate ligament ruptures in Germany: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27518... Website: Süddeutsche Zeitung: https://www.sueddeutsche.de Link to my new book "Health Risk" Female": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.de/Pap... My website with book recommendations: https://www.werner-bartens.de Available in stores since October 2022: "Female Health Risk": https://www.amazon.de/Gesundheitsrisi... Available in stores since May 2021: Werner Bartens: Body Times. How we do the right thing at the right time and learn, love, and live better https://www.amazon.de/Körperzeiten-ri... Available in stores since October 2021: Is this medicine—or can it be done away with? Which therapy methods really help, and what we should avoid.