You will be able to mobilise on crutches after your surgery with the help of physiotherapists.  You should use the crutches for 2 weeks to help with balance and gait.  By 2 weeks you should be able to walk without them.  You will likely have a limp until 4-6 weeks post op.

Once your surgical incisions have fully healed (normally at 2 weeks) you can get into the pool.

If it is your non-operative side, you can drive when you are not taking strong pain medications.  If it is your operative side, it is when you have regained muscle control of your leg so that you can control a car safely – typically 4-6 weeks.

This depends on a range of factors: patient age, sports/activity, gender, alignment etc.  In the literature the rates vary from 3-20%.

This depends on the type of work you are doing.  Office or computer based activities can be commenced after a few days.  Manual labourers and more physical roles typically will take 6 weeks.

Dr Slattery in most cases uses a quadruple strand hamstring autograft which is fixed with buttons.  This technique is used because it has excellent results and very low complications. It is one of the strongest and most reliable grafts with excellent long term survival in high demand athletes.