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After PCL Surgery, How Long Is A Patient Immobilized? - Dr. Harner (VIDEO)

By Dr. Christopher Harner Expert July 8, 2009 - 11:31am
 
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Dr. Harner recalls how long a patient is immobilized following posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) surgery.

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Dr. Harner:

I usually immobilize for about a week and then we begin motion, and there’s very specific ways you have to do that because if you are not very careful and give very specific instruction, they can stretch the graft out very easily.

About Dr. Harner, M.D.:
Dr. Christopher D. Harner, M.D., is a Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania Professor, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Medical Director, and works in the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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