re: Bolton: Holden Tore Right ACL

I don't think stem cells can reconstruct an ACL like that. However if you made a frame for a new ACL and then pumped that frame full of stem cells and somehow made them differentiate into an ACL, then I think that has potential. We have done this with things such as jaws and ears, where the frame is implanted into your back for a few months while it forms. I don't know if we use this kind of tech for sports injuries.

Sorry, but I'm reposting my comment that got buried at the bottom of the last page.

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I wonder if his surgeon just did a really shitty job.

He had the torn knee thanks to Johnny Evans, which took out his ACL and I'm sure did some other nasty damage.

However, he was supposed to come back that next September (March to September = 6 months), and he did so in playing a reserve match against Aston Villa. Then after the game they found that one of the screws used to reconstruct the ligament came loose and caused a lot more damage. This is what caused the longest delay in his recovery, because I guess it caused so much damage that it kept him out for more than an entire year.

Now the reconstructed ACL has reruptured. If I was Holden I would be seriously pissed at my doctors.

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