Marcus Lattimore Update from USC website

[NeylandArmy]

You're genetics make it moot to do so.

Anyway it's just what I have heard. When an ACL is replaced its usually with a stronger tendon or ligament substitute & it's anchored through the bone.

Problem is that no matter the graft used, it dies. There is no vascular supply to the graft. Essentially, whether it be a tendon (which essentially all grafts are: patella tendon, hamstrings tendons, achilles tendons, tibialis tendons, ah you get the point) or a ligament, it essentially acts as a collagen scaffold that your body produces fibroblasts to turn into a new ligament. Problem with these dead tendons is that they have a tendency to stretch out before fully regenerated. It is very difficult to make a knee 100% again.

 

[govols/cc]

Anyway he apparently underwent surgery today. Not sure of specifics but he doing ok. I'm sure this is first of many.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Continue to pray for the young man.