Procedures

Knee procedures

ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair, cartilage restoration, and knee arthroscopy performed by Dr. Christopher Raffo in Bethesda, MD.

Arthroscopic · Autograft

ACL Reconstruction

Rebuilding the torn ligament using your own tendon tissue.

ACL Reconstruction with BPTB (Patellar Tendon) Autograft

Bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft is Dr. Raffo's preferred choice for high-level contact athletes and revision ACL reconstruction.

ACL Reconstruction with Quadriceps Tendon Autograft

Quadriceps tendon autograft is Dr. Raffo's preferred default graft for primary ACL reconstruction in most active patients under 30.

Agili-C is a single-stage, off-the-shelf cartilage scaffold and the only FDA-approved cartilage implant labeled for use in knees with mild-to-moderate arthritis, though long-term data beyond 2 years remains limited.

Restoration

Knee Cartilage Restoration

Restoring the cartilage surface instead of replacing the joint.

Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis (LET) with ACL Reconstruction

Dr. Raffo adds a lateral extra-articular tenodesis to ACL reconstruction in high-risk pivoting knees because it substantially cuts graft rupture and clinical failure, with an honest look at the unresolved OA question.

MACI (Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation)

MACI is a two-stage cartilage repair that uses a patient's own cultured chondrocytes on a collagen membrane, best suited to larger, contained cartilage defects without significant bone loss.

Arthroscopic · Repair

Meniscus Repair

Suturing the torn meniscus rather than removing it.

Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation

Osteochondral allograft transplantation replaces cartilage and the bone beneath it as a single donor unit, used for large lesions, bone loss, and osteochondritis dissecans that cartilage-only techniques can't address.