Hi Jimbo,

Tore my ACL Jan last year and had surgery in March. Doctor mate made the best recommendation and that was to go to Perth Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine to see "the best" in the business - Dr Keith Holt. You pay extra even on top of top medical but it is worth it. Keith is the surgeon to the high profile football players and various other athletes.

It was a long recovery however I am happy with where I am. Keith is an exceptional surgeon and worth every cent. His speciality is knees and is not a generalist. Apparently many other surgeons are generalists and as you mentioned could have a greater chance of stuffing it up.

Other surgeons who are apparently also very good are Dr's Withero and Annear and also work out of the same practice.

All the best.

I got mine done by Dr Ben Hewitt at 31 Outrum st Perth. Got a composite LARS and hamstring graft and was kitesurfing again within 3 months. Although it took about 18 months till I could go hard.
That was 3 years ago and its been fine since.

There are several excellent lower limb surgeons at Hollywood Orthopaedic Group, who do ACL's, they include Colin Whitewood, Gavin Clark , Sean Williams and Clem McCormack they all do lots of ACL's and also are no gap providers. I would confidently go to any of these guys. Talk to your own GP and have a look at their website.

Obviously POSM surgeons are all excellent, however there will be a large gap for exactly the same operation. Out of the guys there I think Yens
Buelow has done most ACL'S, Holt, Annear, Hogan, Hewitt, Witherow and Greg Janes are all excellent as well.

Remember though all Surgery has it's risks so there are never guarantee's, 95% of time though there should not be a problem.

Sean Williams did mine several years ago and was really good. No problems at all. I would definately recommend him.

Peter Annear without a doubt,
I tore all my hamstrings off my pelvis kiting in exmouth this past Easter. Been back on the water since Nov.
Bloody good surgeon, with a matter of fact approach. He will tell you what to do and what's required to get back to it.

Would not hesitate to recommend him.

I've had two knee surgeries and one a full recon. With three different surgeons. I'll be going to Peter if I have any other concerns.

Hi JimJones!
Shi thouse is absolutely right, Dr Keith Rolt is the one to go!
Put this way... he is the surgeon of the other doctors!
I've done my ACL surgery with him 3 years ago and everything was great. The recover was 3 times faster and painless than my first knee recon.

Thanks very much for the responses guys! Great community response, and I really appreciate it.

emeric tranastic.. thats probably not how you spell his name .. but hes the orthopaedic consultant at joondalup .. hes the whole reason i can talk again

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I realation to which type of ACL recon. Do some reading up in LARS if u are considering to have that instead of hamstring graft. LARS had poor long term studies and I have seen some pretty bad results from this surgery. I would opt for the hamstring graft.

Absolutely, apparently recovery is quick and it suits professional sports people who need to be out and putting their bodies back on the line ASAP it is the way to go, however after a couple of years it needs redoing again. Hamstring graft is a better long term solution generally resulting in a strong result.

P.S. Important note for post Op. ensure you do all physio exercises religiously if you want best results.