This is the ACL that I was born with and that served me well for over 37 years until I abused it one too many times. As you can see it's kind of all mushy and loose, kind of like a snapped rubber band. It should be nice and tight line the like the new one in the following pictures.
These are two pictures of my new ACL. Originally these were two hamstring tendons from the back and inside of my thigh muscle. The surgeon pulled out about 8" of the tendons the folded them in half and braided them together to make a new 4-strand replacement tendon.
He then drilled a hole through my femur and tibia and threaded the new tendon through the holes. It was then secured in place with a screw and some other sort of thing that I don't know the name of. I have X-rays showing these times and if possible I'll scan and post them later.
He then drilled a hole through my femur and tibia and threaded the new tendon through the holes. It was then secured in place with a screw and some other sort of thing that I don't know the name of. I have X-rays showing these times and if possible I'll scan and post them later.
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