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A suture has been used to reconstruct your posterior cruciate ligament.

The knee joint connects the thigh to the lower leg. The knee joint is made up of 3 bones. These bones are the thighbone (femur), the shinbone (tibia) and the kneecap. The kneecap sits in a groove at the front of the thighbone. Certain ligaments stabilize the knee joint. The cruciate ligaments are on the inside of the knee joint. There is an anterior and a posterior cruciate ligament. The cruciate ligaments limit the lower leg's forward and backward movement.

The operation reattached the torn parts of the cruciate ligament to one another, and stabilized them using sutures. The torn parts should then grow back together. The cruciate ligament is further strengthened using a stable thread that runs in the same direction as the cruciate ligament. You have had an arthroscopy to reconstruct your cruciate ligament. An arthroscopy first involves making a small incision in the skin. A camera was pushed through this incision. This camera sends images of the inside of the joint to a screen. Instruments such as forceps and scissors can be inserted into the joint through other small incisions.