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Ligaments do have a vascular supply that aids healing. Sometimes with a complete tear, docs may use a cadaver graft that obviously has no blood supply. In that case, the donor ligament is simply a mechanical device.

Sometimes a torn ACL can be reattached while maintaining the ligaments vascular supply. Long recovery, but generally good result.
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