Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Is the thermal shrinkage procedure effective for partial posterior cruciate ligament tears?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No: Thermal shrinkage has fallen out of favor. There are no well done studies in the peer reviewed literature demonstrating the safety or efficay of this techniques for treating ACL or PCL tears.
Answered 10/3/2016
6.4k views
No: The surgical experience with thermal shrinkage of capsule or ligament has mostly been abandoned due to poor results. The tissue is initially shortened but significantly wreaked in the process, and fails in time.
Answered 6/29/2013
6.1k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
What could cause posterior cruciate ligament (pcl) injury ?
7 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Could a posterior cruciate ligament (pcl) heal itself over time?
9 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
What do the anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligaments do?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What is the definition or description of: posterior cruciate ligament?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
How is a posterior cruciate ligament injury typically diagnosed?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
People also searched for:
What diffuses the tear of the anterior cruciate ligament with posterior displacement within the intercondylar?
How serious is a posterior cruciate ligament tear?
Can you tear you lateral meniscus by walking the wrong way? Where is the posterior cruciate ligament in your knee? I am having a lot of knee pain
My knee locked since last 19 hours Report of mri I did last month Complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament with slumped fibers in the intercondylar notch loss of parallelism Complex tear of the posterior horn and body of the medial meniscus?
Is it possible to fully recover from a small posterior crutiate ligament tear ?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
