Zero ACL Retears? One-Year BEAR Registry Data

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If you’re used to counseling athletes that “your new ACL is as strong as it gets — until it isn’t,” the latest data on the Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration (BEAR) implant might make you rethink the script.

A multicenter registry study just published August 13, 2025, in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, reports on the first 100 real-world BEAR cases after commercial release. The headline: not a single anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) retear in the first year.