[cuttysnark]

I tore my acl and meniscus by jumping from what I thought was a reasonable height. Evidently all my weight landing on one leg was too much. Did indeed hear a "pop". I remember talking with doctor and they mentioned to me that football players often tear their acl/meniscus and "don't immediately realize" because of the all the surrounding muscle that compensates. In my case, I immediately realized.

Nearly two decades later, this cadaver* replacement feels much stronger than the stock.

*I also learned you could opt for your own tissue or from a cadaver. With your own tissue, recovery was longer. With cadaver, they cautioned there was a "non-zero" (read:infinitesimal) chance of contracting HIV. I thought that was an unusual disclaimer.

[bmelton]

I'm glad they've added that disclaimer. My mother contracted HIV from donated blood she received during surgery.

I'm sure that testing is much better in the decades since then, and I'm sure that non-zero should be read as infinitesimal in this modern era, but the chances of contracting something may not be non-zero, and if another AIDS-like virus were to come along and it were to take a few years before it became known and detectable, those might be more susceptible to being transmitted through implantation.

[jraines]

1 in 1.8 million for HIV and 1 in 750k for Hep C according to Google. When I had my surgery 10 years ago I remember them quoting worse numbers, I think 1 in 300k for the latter. I went with the self-graft, though moreso bc they said cadaver had slightly higher reinjury chance.