<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Hi sir ,My Brother met with an accident . and he felt pain in his kneee. When Consulted a doctor he suggested for an MRI . In MRI Scan it is confirmed that proximal tear of anterior circulate ligament . Do this need surgical treatment Non Surgical Can we go for a puttur kattu  <response>: Hello, Going by the allopatChatDoctoredicine your brother need to understand go an ACL reconstruction surgery followed by physiotherapy rehab. It will take about 3 weeks to return to moderate level to physical activity and after 6 weeks he can resume all activities. As for putter Matt there is no evidence based research available for the repair of ACL ligament it heals bone but not ligamentHope this clears your doublethink you 