Modern
medicine is quite amazing. Insurance
mess aside, the procedures for injury repair keep getting better.
A friend of mine ripped a muscle in his knee. It tore completely off his femur. A very serious and debilitating injury.
I spent some time with him this week and he
explained to me what they had to do to make a repair. First they had to grind a groove in the
femur; this was to create a place where
they could reattach the muscle. Then the
muscle was wired into the groove.
The leg
needs to stay straight for four-to-six weeks after the surgery, and then a slow regimen
of physical therapy begins. Eventually bone will grow, filling the groove, further securing the wiring job. In time he will regain as much as 90% of his knee's strength and use.
Amazing!
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