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Re: ACL repair 20 yrs ago!

Posted By: Leacat
Date: Monday, 24 March 2008, at 7:54 p.m.

In Response To: Re: ACL repair 20 yrs ago! (NYer)

> It's very likely that the screws they put in 20 years ago
> are magnetic and not like the titanium screws used
> nowadays, therefore making her/him a non-candidate for MRI.

Thanks for the input. Basically I've felt that there has been something not quite "right" with my knee. But because I do have good stability so far with my ACL graft the dr.'s I saw seemed to blame all of my pain and swelling on osteoathritis (which I am sure is part of the problem)without any further investigation. This past incident though makes me certain that there has been new trauma and I just wanted to know what my options are before going back and being told I just have to suffer. As a matter of fact I was definitely told that I was NOT a candidate for MRI due to the screws. My surgery was in 1988 and was at the early stage of using patellar btb grafts.

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