Annual Report 2023-2024

special care is delivered in special places Snapshots from around the system New option for ACL repairs It was the last jump of the day. Karli, a high school senior, was practicing with her cheer squad when she landed hard. “I heard a popping noise in my knee and knew immediately that something was bad,” she said. When an MRI revealed she had torn her ACL, Karli was heartbroken. Her cheerleading season was over. Karli had the worst type of ACL injury, a complete tear of this important ligament that connects the thighbone to the shinbone.

Shriners Children’s is at the forefront of a new technology offering a less invasive ACL repair approach.

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