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Dr. SeilernOrthopaedic Sports Medicine

Jesse Seilern und Aspang, MD

Before you decide

Do I actually need surgery?

Surgery is a major decision. Understanding the injury, the treatment options, the risks and the expected outcomes is part of making an informed one.

Explore the explanationsSee the research
Dr. Seilern

What brings you here?

Start with the part of you that hurts.

The decision matters

Not every injury requires surgery. And when surgery is recommended, there may be more than one way to approach it.

Dr. Seilern’s work focuses on helping athletes and active people understand the injury, weigh the options, and make an informed decision about treatment — including the decision not to operate.

Research

A surgeon who reads the evidence, and writes it.

Peer-reviewed work in sports medicine, orthopaedic outcomes, and how well patients actually understand what they are told. Every publication here links to its source.

In PubMed
36
First author
10
The research

  1. 2025·Orthop J Sports Med

    Midterm Outcomes of Hybrid Transepiphyseal ACL Reconstruction With Soft Tissue Quadriceps Tendon Autograft in Skeletally Immature Athletes

    Seilern und Aspang J, Serrano-Dennis J, Hammond KE, Slone HS, et al.

  2. 2025·Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

    Zero incidence of culture-positive septic arthritis and low infection rate following ACLR with all-soft tissue quadriceps tendon autograft: An analysis of 1053 cases

    Seilern und Aspang J, Kopriva J, Garry J, Haley R, et al.

  3. 2025·Am J Sports Med

    Bone Bruise Patterns After Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears Differ Between Alpine Skiers and Pivoting Sports Athletes

    Ubl ST, Vieider RP, Seilern und Aspang J, Siemoneit SF, et al.

  4. 2026·Orthop J Sports Med

    Evaluating Artificial Intelligence-Generated Responses to Patient Questions Regarding Orthobiologic Injections

    King BW, Seilern und Aspang J, Hammond K, Hill D, et al.

Before you decide

Questions worth asking before surgery.

Plain explanations of how these decisions are actually made, written from the published evidence and reviewed by Dr. Seilern.

See what is being written

  • Do I actually need surgery?

  • What happens if I don’t have surgery?

  • Which treatment is right for me?

  • What does returning to sport actually mean?