Knee Ligament Surgery (PCL) at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Medical Center)

You can gradually return to your normal activity as recommended by your surgeon. For office work, you may be able to return to work in 2 to 3 weeks. However, you need to wait at least 3 months if you do physical work. You can generally start taking part in sports within 6 months. Complete recovery can take around six to nine months.

Based on patient function, symptoms, and overall satisfaction, PCL surgery has a high success rate of about 90%. However, the success rate of this procedure depends on several factors, such as other potential damage that may be present in the joint. 

While potential risks are rare, PCL surgery does carry some risk such as infection, excess bleeding, blood clots, persistent pain, knee instability, continued stiffness and/or numbness in the knee, and a possibility of additional surgery in the future if the treatment fails.

If your recovery is not progressing as expected or if you experience fever and chills, increasing pain, that cannot be controlled with medications your surgeon prescribed, and persistent nausea or vomiting, it is important that you call your doctor right away.