Swiss footballer Alex Frei's knee injury, luckily not to his ACL, kept him out of the Euro 2008 football championships (Keystone) A Bern medical team has developed an exciting technique for treating anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries, which often affect high-performing athletes. Until now, ruptured ACLs have been treated with grafted tendon from another part of the body. The Bern University Hospital method could result in the patient's own ACL growing back, more stability to the knee and a quicker recovery. Few will forget the tears of Swiss football captain Alexander Frei during last year's Euro 2008 football championships as he limped off the field during a match with the Czech Republic. Frei missed tearing his ACL by millimetres and was back in action after few months. Other athletes have not been so lucky. It... [read full story]
