ACL Tear (Torn ACL)
Luke Bower
Raleigh, NC · Published by HSS, June 2024
Luke Bower’s story, in their own words
Luke had a complete ACL tear and meniscus tear playing lacrosse at age 11. We received a referral to Dr. Green at HSS and couldn’t have been happier with our experience. Luke’s surgery was a great success. He has no pain and had a great following season returning to play hockey.
He scored the first goal of the state championship game, and his team went on to win it! We can’t thank Dr. Green and everyone at HSS enough. - Luke Bower and family
Published by the Hospital for Special Surgery in its Back in the Game archive in June 2024, and reproduced here in full. Read it on hss.edu
- Sport or activity
- Lacrosse, Hockey
- Treating surgeon
- Dr. Daniel W. Green
Dr. Green’s published research on the ACL
The 6 most recent of his 49 papers on the ACL, indexed on PubMed under his Hospital for Special Surgery affiliation. Each opens on PubMed.
All 49 of his papers on this subject- Differential Arterial Supply of the ACL and PCL Revealed by 7T-qMRI, Histology, and Micro-CT Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026 Aug · Dr. Green is author 11 of 11
- Internal versus external femorotibial rotation an anterior cruciate ligament rupture and patellofemoral instability on preoperative standing radiographs The Knee · 2026 Aug 27 · Dr. Green is author 14 of 14
- Is the Greulich and Pyle Bone Atlas Suitable When Measuring Bone Age for Pediatric ACL Reconstruction in the Modern US Population? Analysis Within the PLUTO Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study Journal of pediatric orthopedics · 2026 Aug 1 · Dr. Green is author 12 of 26
- Greater Valgus Alignment in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with a Primary ACL Tear Compared with Healthy Controls The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume · 2026 Jun 3 · Dr. Green is author 6 of 7
- Increased operative time is an independent risk factor for surgical complications following isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in skeletally immature patients Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026 Apr · Dr. Green is author 3 of 11
- Validation of the ACL Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) Scale in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients After Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026 May · Dr. Green is author 10 of 11
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