Dr. Tomas Pevny's new ACL repair technology featured in The Aspen Times

Most athletes try to avoid dwelling on serious injuries — especially ones that could lead to surgery, long recovery times and uncertain returns to peak performance.

Dr. Tomas Pevny, a 30-year Roaring Fork Valley resident and one of the region’s leading orthopedic surgeons, has long been drawn to cutting-edge technology. Now, he’s helping introduce a surgical innovation at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs and its Mid-Valley Surgery Center in Willits that aims to reshape the treatment of torn anterior cruciate ligaments, or ACLs.

Valley View recently announced that Pevny is offering the Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration (BEAR) procedure, one of the first major advancements in ACL treatment in more than three decades.

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