ACL Surgery

Tomjim

My son did his ACL. The physio made an appointment for him with Ray Moran in Santry about 3 weeks ago. I rang his office today and was told that he might get to look at the file on Wednesday and it would be 3 to 6 weeks before he would get an appointment to see him.

I know Ray Moran is one of the top Surgeons for ACL repair but I'm just wondering if another Surgeon might do the surgery quicker and get him back on road to recovery.

I remember a mate of mine got his ACL repaired by Brian Hurson a good few years ago and he was top notch as well

Just wondering if we should consider alternatives such as Brian Hurson

Dubs1990

Tomjim wrote: »

My son did his ACL. The physio made an appointment for him with Ray Moran in Santry about 3 weeks ago. I rang his office today and was told that he might get to look at the file on Wednesday and it would be 3 to 6 weeks before he would get an appointment to see him.

I know Ray Moran is one of the top Surgeons for ACL repair but I'm just wondering if another Surgeon might do the surgery quicker and get him back on road to recovery.

I remember a mate of mine got his ACL repaired by Brian Hurson a good few years ago and he was top notch as well

Just wondering if we should consider alternatives such as Brian Hurson

Dan whiters,
Denis Collins,
Tom McCarthy
Mihai vioreanu
Michael Donnelly

All these do ACL daily and work in SSC , with an ACL it's a year to full recovery so weeks won't make much of a diffrence.

JimmiesRustled

Tomjim wrote: »

My son did his ACL. The physio made an appointment for him with Ray Moran in Santry about 3 weeks ago. I rang his office today and was told that he might get to look at the file on Wednesday and it would be 3 to 6 weeks before he would get an appointment to see him.

I know Ray Moran is one of the top Surgeons for ACL repair but I'm just wondering if another Surgeon might do the surgery quicker and get him back on road to recovery.

I remember a mate of mine got his ACL repaired by Brian Hurson a good few years ago and he was top notch as well

Just wondering if we should consider alternatives such as Brian Hurson

I've done mine a few times. Id suggest maybe trying Maurice Neligan.

aquinn

I went to Mr Moran in March 2016 and was operated on in the April. I spent the interim building up the muscles around the knee to make it stronger after surgery. Did they advise that this could be a delay between seeing the file and your son? Try to get friendly with his receptionist and see if that helps.

I hope your son is ok. I did mine skiing and wasn't in pain afterwards and was still mobile. I was completely restricted after the surgery and it took a lot longer to come back to myself than I thought I would. It took a month to come off crutches and 6 months to walk pain free. It is now 3 years and I back running and cycling but my knee still doesn't like knocks and jolts and so will still swell. Not telling you this to worry you but just something to be aware of. Everyone heals differently though and has very different experiences.

If you do go to SSC I would highly recommend using their physios as they are the experts. I originally went to a local one as didn't want to be asking for lifts back and forth to Santry but this is what I should have done. They start building back up the muscles straight away so that the pressure comes off the knee and you use your quads and hamstrings.

As your son is, I presume, young he could have none of these problems. I was older so my confidence took a huge knock and something I wouldn't have thought would happen. It took me 18 months to return really to running.

TheCruiser

Hi guys,

I ruptured my ACL skiing and it’s likely there is more damage in there too, as I mangled it pretty badly. I’m going for an MRI scan tomorrow.

It happened during a gap in my insurance cover, so I’m looking at getting ACL surgery on the public system or paying cash privately.

Does anyone know the rough waiting time for HSE public system and/or what Santry clinic charge for cash patients?

Thanks for your help guys.