On the flight from Nandu to New York, Gao Yuan sat by the window, clutching a thick stack of case documents.
These materials kept him occupied during the flight—a case of simultaneous ACL and PCL rupture, combined with medial collateral ligament damage, multiple knee ligament tears, and combined meniscus tear, leaving the patient's knee nearly in a state of subluxation, indicating extreme force at the time of injury. This type of injury is considered a "catastrophic injury" in the field of sports medicine, not because it's life-threatening, but because it often means the end of an athlete's career.
