Orthopedic surgeons have long respected the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) for its complexity — and occasionally cursed it for the same reason. For years, PCL injuries were the quiet troublemakers of the knee: difficult to diagnose, tricky to reconstruct, and historically associated with outcomes that ranged from mediocre to disappointing.
Fast forward to today, and the story is very different.
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