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MeetDr. Youm

Director of Hip Arthroscopy, NYUBoard-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with interests in treating athletic injuries
- Specializes in Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the shoulder, hip and knee.
- Special interests include joint preservation surgery for the active patient
- Performs cutting edge procedures such as arthroscopic hip labral reconstruction, open femoral and tibial osteotomies for joint preservation, arthroscopic-assisted core decompression for AVN, shoulder reconstruction for instability, and same day total knee and total shoulder replacements.
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Autografts may improve ACL reconstructions

Posted on: 08 June, 2017

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstructions occur more than 200,000 times a year, but the type of material used to create a new ligament may determine how long you stay in the game, say researchers who presented their work at the Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM).