What Are The Graft Options For PCL Surgery? - Dr. Harner (VIDEO)
Dr. Harner describes a woman's graft options for her posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) surgery.
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Dr. Harner:
Most surgeons prefer in this setting, in PCL injured knees, allograft tissue, and there’s different types of allograft tissues--Achilles tendon’s one, patellar tendons one. There’s one called semitendinosus and gracilis. There’s other tissue called posterior tibialis and anterior tibialis that can be used.
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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