Cruciate - intro

• CRUCIATE LIGAMENT SECTION
• intro
• anatomy
• issues
• key points
• how ACL is injured
• how PCL is injured
• ACL diagnosis
• PCL diagnosis
• multi-ligament instability
• braces - types
• braces - issues
• surgery intro
• ACL surgery
• PCL surgery
• rehab
• complications

The cruciate ligaments (which means the 'crossed-over' ligaments) are often dubbed the 'crucial' ligaments because they are so important in maintaining knee stability.

A tear of a cruciate ligament is a major injury. Repair of the cruciate ligament is specialist surgery. It is advisable to locate an experienced cruciate ligament surgeon. [The KNEEguru website maintains a list of knee surgeons around the world.]

1:3000 people in the USA each year will have a cruciate injury (100,000 cruciate injuries a year in USA alone!)

Cost per repair in the USA is $11,500 (if all were surgically repaired it would cost the USA one billion dollars a year!)

Weird but true! Some people are born without cruciate ligaments.