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Knee Surgery:

Know Your Anatomy Front and Back for Cruciate Ligament Repairs

Published on Tue Mar 06, 2018

ACL, PCL repairs are different sides of the same coin. When most people think of knee injuries, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is often at the top of that list. An ACL tear is a debilitating injury that acutely affects patients for years after it's fixed. There's another, similar, injury that a patient might also suffer: a posterior cruciate ligament [...]
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