Rivera torn ACL done for the year

[Pharmcat]

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2012/05/03/t ... or-rivera/

[jeff1624]

Could be done for his career. I'm seriously on the verge of tears right now.

[Slats]

Is this an option for Rivera?

I may hate the Yankees but I have always admired and respected Mariano Rivera.

Lets all hope this isn’t the way his career finishes.





http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/malc ... 1e6vh.html

JUST a day after losing star midfielder Kieren Jack for at least a month with an ankle injury, defender Nick Malceski took part in his first training session eight weeks after undergoing a knee reconstruction.

Malceski damaged the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in early March, the same knee which underwent LARS (ligament augmentation and reconstruction system) surgery in 2008. He had the same type of surgery again.

Malceski, the first Australia footballer to try the technique, stunned all in 2008 when he was playing 90 days after sustaining his injury.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/malc ... z1tTJrfvgX




http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6094121730

NICK Malceski believes in miracles and modern medicine.

The flying Swans halfback has become preacher and quasi consultant for LARS surgery, which uses synthetic fibre to repair badly damaged knee ligaments.

Malceski felt that after three knee reconstructions his career would be over long before playing his 100th game, which will be against Fremantle at the SCG on Sunday.

But after a traditional rebuild as a teenager in 2002 cost him a full year he became the first player in AFL history to use LARS in 2008, and had it again at the beginning of this season.

In both cases he missed just eight weeks using LARS.

So successful has the surgery been and so positive is Malceski about his rapid returns to the field that players from other AFL teams and even local clubs are now ringing him for advice on knee reconstructions.





http://www.lars-ligaments.com/


About LARS Ligaments

LARS is a range of synthetic Ligament Augmentation and Reconstruction devices, for use in a wide variety of applications from PCL and ACL reconstruction to ankle and shoulder repairs. Designed to mimic the normal anatomic ligament fibres, the intra-articular longitudinal fibres resist fatigue and allow fibroblastic ingrowth. The extra-articular woven fibres provide strength and resistance to elongation.

Clinically proven applications for LARS include:

PCL reconstruction
ACL repair
PLC and lateral collateral
Augmentation of the medial-collateral ligament
Achilles tendon rupture
Lateral instability of the ankle
Acromio-clavicular joint dislocation
Rotator cuff repair
Elbow
Reattachment of Abductor Mechanism in the Hip

Construction

The construction of the LARS ligament is the result of many years of detailed research into finding a suitable material for this application and the best way to apply the material to produce the various ligaments available.

The material used is polyethylene terephthalate - an industrial-strength polyester fibre which has the ideal characteristics for ligament replacement applications. Each type of LARS ligament contains a specific number and length of fibres, depending on the intended use, and varying leaders to facilitate passage through the bony tunnels.

The intra-articular portion of the LARS ligament is made of longitudinal fibres without transverse or crossing components. The fibres are oriented to the ligament they are made for, to mimic the anatomic fibres. This patented structure allows a high resistance to fatigue, especially in flexion, as well as providing a porosity favouring fibroblastic ingrowth which then isolates the synthetic fibres. In the extra-articular portion the same parallel fibres are kept united by a process of warp knitting. This knitting process minimises secondary elongation (as opposed to braided or woven fibres).

Resistance to traction varies with the number of longitudinal fibres - approximately 1,500N for 30 fibres, 2,500N for 60 fibres, 3,600N for 80 fibres, and 4,700N for 100 fibres.
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[dockingsched]

what a terrible way to go down

[Dr Positivity]

This is such a shame. Maybe they can give him a Charles Barkley moment and let him throw one more pitch next year.