In order to optimize the clinical results after ACL surgery, a renewed interest has emerged in healing the patient's own ruptured ACL after attaching. Literature suggests that with the current innovations in surgical repair techniques of (natural) healing of a ruptured ACL may result in similar clinical outcomes in comparison to the gold standard, the ACL reconstruction. In addition, it may even reduce degenerative changes occur in relation to the gold standard. Moreover, the return to daily activities and sports level seems significantly faster than after ACL reconstruction.