Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery on leg fracture after horror crash in Winter Olympics downhill - Vonn ruptured her ACL nine days before the event but decided to still compete in Cortina d’Ampezzo, with the race won by her teammate,

Lindsey Vonn wiped out in a downhill race on January 30. She got up limping, then was airlifted from the course. The diagnosis: a ruptured ACL — a season-ending injury for most.

Per the Golden State Warriors, forward Jimmy Butler will finally get surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, suffered during a home game against the Miami Heat on January 19. Butler garnered the injury on an awkward landing after catching an entry pass thrown high up in the air by Brandin Podziemski.

More and more young people are tearing their ACLs, but an innovative procedure is now approved for use on the youngest patients. Dr. Mallika Marshall says this could become the surgery of choice for student athletes of all ages. One of the patients ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -A Greenville surgeon has become the first at ECU Health to perform an innovative surgery that helps the body heal from a torn ACL. ECU Health has announced that Dr. Christopher Hasty, an orthopedic surgeon with ECU Health and ...

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