hey dex - anything you've got on the quad procedure would be very interesting.
from what i know so far,
the PT graft is most painful and hard to recover from. i am not afraid of that, but i am concerned by the potential never to be able to kneel normally again, and the risk of stress fractures (like Jerry Rice had)
the allograft is weakest and has risk (although low - 1 in 1.5 million) of HIV or hepatitis infection.
the hamstring graft sounds OK in general, but for me, it poses a problem - i have had tendonitis in that tendon and am concerned that (1) the tendon is too weak and puny to be used, or (2) that they will think it's OK to use (i.e., take 2 of the 4 strands of hammy tendon to use as ACL) but then afterwards i will have chronic tendonitis in the remaining hammy tendon when i try to run.
so i am very curious about the new quad tendon procedure.
-b
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