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Can your Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) heal itself?

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It is common for sports people to have there ruptured ACL reconstructed surgically but does this need to be done and can it actually heal itself?
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References:

Ihara, H., & Kawano, T. (2017). Influence of age on healing capacity of acute tears of the anterior cruciate ligament based on magnetic resonance imaging assessment. Journal of computer assisted tomography, 41(2), 206

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