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October 23, 2013 11:01 pm GMT
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An Inside Look at How Doctors Fix Sports' Most Notorious Injury
Warning: This post features graphic depictions of surgery.
The torn ACL is one of the most feared common injuries in sports. Superstars and weekend warriors from across the sports spectrum lose years of their careers to torn ACLs with regularity. Medical science has progressed to where athletes can now make full recoveries, but the process is long and arduous. So how do doctors work their magic?
Houston's Memorial Hermann hospital on Wednesday live-tweeted an ACL reconstruction procedure complete with photos, videos and medical play-by-play to give athletes and medicine nerds of all stripes an unprecedented inside look at the process Read more...
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