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Originally Posted by Third Eye
I'm admittedly not a medical profession, but unless every medical website is wrong, then you are way off base. It has been established in this thread many times that "tear" in this context is not the same as the layman's definition and that "partial tear" refers to a severe stretching. For example:
"Injured ligaments are considered sprains and are graded on a severity scale.
Grade 1 Sprains. The ligament is mildly damaged in a Grade 1 sprain. It has been slightly stretched but is still able to help keep the knee joint stable.
Grade 2 Sprains. A Grade 2 sprain stretches the ligament to the point where it becomes loose. This is often referred to as a partial tear of the ligament.
Grade 3 Sprains. This type of sprain is most commonly referred to as a complete tear of the ligament. The ligament has been torn in half or pulled directly off the bone, and the knee joint is unstable.
Partial tears of the anterior cruciate ligament are rare; most ACL injuries are complete or near complete tears."
From:
https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseas...the%20ligament. |
I've literally had two partially torn ligaments, about a 40% tear, in my ankle.
You and what's his nuts keep narrowing down to just the acl. If you want to only consider that you both are correct. Acls almost always are full tears and mris are virtually flawless looking for single tears in the knee.
When possiblity of multiple ligament tears in the knee the results are much less accurate.
They are clearly worried about damage to multiple tissues which is why they aren't relying on the initial mris and waiting for swelling to go down.