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 ...

While major advances have been made in the understanding of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) anatomy and reconstruction, a literature review published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of the ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — Speaking before a packed audience at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of ...

BANGI, March 26 (Bernama) – An innovative graft replacement for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction, known as the Modified UKM Internal Brace (MUIB), ...

Knee injuries are a part of sporting life in the mountains. Over the next few weekends, the Summit Daily sports section will print weekly articles about ACL/MCL injury, surgery, rehab, recovery and ...

Objective: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are the most common ligament injury in the United States. These injuries can be career ending for athletes and severely disabling for all ...

Ligament injuries in the knee-- such as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) -- can put you on the sidelines -- fast. They hurt a lot and may limit what you can do. But more often than not, a comeback ...

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.

Regardless of whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is ultimately pursued, patients should be advised to ice, compress, elevate, and limit the use of the injured knee immediately after the injury.

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 ...