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Sports medicine stats: ACL surgeries

Approximately 175,000 ACL surgeries are performed annually in the United States. 85% of these surgeries are performed by orthopaedic surgeons who do less than 10 per year.

Source: American Journal of Sports Medicine, August 2013

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