Active 60 year old climbing mountains 5 months after a terrible ski injury following ‘internal brace’ repair to all his knee ligaments.

Adrian explains: “Rob sustained a really quite terrible injury to his knee skiing and had what we call a knee dislocation. This occurs when the knee is twisted with high force and several of the ligaments around the knee rupture.”

Adrian was recommended to Rob by Professor Gordon Mackay. Adrian and Gordon worked together to develop the ‘internal brace’ technique and Adrian has a global reputation for his complex ligament surgery.

Rob explains how the choice of surgeon was critical to him: “This was my only chance to get this right or I could see my skiing, mountaineering, cycling and running would have come to an end. At 60 I was expecting many more active years.”

Adrian explains the surgery and Rob’s outcome:
“I have been lucky to help with the development of a new way of treating ligament injuries which involves repairing the torn ligament as opposed to replacing it. We call this the internal brace technique. Rob’s surgery went very well I was able to repair the ACL, PCL, MCL and LCL in other words all the ligaments. I was delighted to see how quickly Rob recovered and within a few weeks he was walking normally. Within a few months he is planning his next skiing holiday!”

And following the surgery, Rob confirms:
“I was back on my bike after 3 months, and in August I climbed Ben Moore, the Munro on the Isle of Mull. The knee is extremely stable and I am optimistic that I am going to return to all my sporting activities.”