On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:12:47 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in ::

It's all soft tissue damage, so knee replacement wouldn't work.

In his youth, a good friend of mine suffered had a sport related
tendon injury in his knee. Decades later surgeons attempted to graft
cadaver tissue, but it failed, so they just put in a new mechanical
joint. Recovery was painful, but now he's playing golf again. Just a
data point.