grade 3 PCL tears do not require surgery if the ligament did not pull off a piece of bone during the injury. Complete tears may require arthroscopic surgery and ligament reconstruction.

Another significant aspect of PCL reconstruction is the choice of grafts ... Additionally, research has explored the differences in injury patterns among patients undergoing various types of ...

FOUR-TIME Hawthorn premiership defender Grant Birchall will undergo a posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction after failing to ... t play again this year following his recovery from a PCL injury.

HAWTHORN will be without star forward Jarryd Roughead for the first half of the season after the club decided he needs a PCL reconstruction ... He said the 29-year-old had been able to manage the ...