
The Rise of ACL Injuries in Women
This article looks at the rising number of ACL injuries in women, particularly elite athletes, and explores the possible reasons behind this surge, along with the serious recovery demands of such injuries.

Mr Sethi is a founding partner of Welbeck Orthopaedics and is currently Chair of Orthopaedics at Welbeck.
Mr Deepu Sethi’s practice deals exclusively with all problems related to the knee, with a specialist subspecialty interest in sports injuries and treatment of the degenerative knee.
Mr Sethi has a particular expertise in sports injuries, complex ligament repair / reconstruction (including anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery), meniscal surgery and repair, joint preservation surgery as well as both partial and total knee replacements.
His approach is to provide a personalised and bespoke approach to patient-centred care.
Medicine has always been in Mr Sethi’s family and he is a fourth-generation doctor following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Mr Sethi qualified at University College London Medical School. He then went on to complete his specialist orthopaedic training at Oswestry and Birmingham. To pursue his specialist interest in knee sports injuries, he completed specialist fellowship training in Australia. Prior to that, he completed specialist fellowship training in the UK, focusing on sports injuries and joint replacement surgery.
Mr Sethi has developed a huge expertise in knee injuries and knee conditions. He established a very busy knee service in the NHS, where he was the lead surgeon for knee surgery. He has a sub-specialist interest clinic in patellofemoral instability and complex sports injuries; providing a tertiary referral service, where other knee surgeons regularly refer patients to him from around the region. Apart from his sporting interests, he also has a large practice in knee arthritis undertaking joint preservation surgery, partial and total knee replacement.
Mr Sethi is also actively involved with research. He collects data and actively monitors the outcomes of his operations; in so doing he is able to constantly review and evolve surgical techniques so to achieve the best outcomes
Royal College of Surgeons of England
British Orthopaedic Association
British Association for Surgery of the Knee
British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association
The Royal Society of Medicine


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