San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey is believed to have suffered a PCL injury during the Niners’ 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills Sunday, head coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game. It could ...
Most everyone has heard of an anterior cruciate ligament injury of the knee. This is a year-ending injury for football players, skiers and athletes as they recover from likely surgical reconstruction.
A surgeon who switched to doing PCL reconstructions with a posterior tibial inlay technique and Achilles tendons allografts recommended it over tibial tunnels because it is easier to perform and less ...
The PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) can be ruptured in car accidents when the knee hits the dashboard and in ski accidents when knees get impacted in wild falls. If left alone, the injured knee ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Arthroscopic double-bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction may offer long-term benefits to patients, particularly in cases of chronic insufficiency, and clinical results are ...
What Is a PCL Injury? A posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury is a tear or sprain of the PCL, a ligament that crosses the back of your knee. Ligaments are tough bands of tissue that connect bones.
The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is the strongest ligament in the knee joint. Ligaments are thick, strong bands of tissue that connect bone to bone. The PCL runs along the back of the knee joint ...
The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is one of the important stabilizing ligaments of the knee joint, connecting the femur to the tibia, and it keeps the tibia from moving back on the femur. Injuries ...