Athletes face tough decisions after ACL injuries: use their own tissue or donor grafts? Both have risks, and many carry the ...

BARCELONA — Patients who underwent ACL reconstruction using patellar tendon autografts showed “minor and mostly insignificant differences” during long-term follow-up compared with patients ...

ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon graft may yield decreased knee flexion strength vs. reconstruction with patellar tendon graft. Outcomes were assessed at a minimum follow-up of 18 years.

Here, in essence, are the ABCs of an ACL reconstruction ... A small incision about two to three inches long is made on the front of the knee and a bone block from each end of the patella tendon ...

Before an ACL reconstruction surgery is carried out, diagnosis of knee ligament injury is confirmed based on: History obtained from the patient to find out the type of injury sustained.

Eighty-four percent of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that attaches the knee to the front of the tibia or shin bone) graft ...

When talking about reconstructing or rebuilding an anterior cruciate ligament after you've torn it, there are two graft choices, in general. One is called an autograft, in which we are taking the ...

Introduction. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can lead to joint instability and impaired knee function. Standard treatment is reconstruction, usually using patellar or hamstring tendon ...

Damage to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) — a tendon in the knee — is prevalent even among amateur sports players, and treatment often requires ACL reconstruction, which involves tendon ...

Synthetic knee ligament to make ACL reconstruction surgeries easier. Written by Shraddha Rupavate | Published : January 4, 2015 12:42 PM IST.

While many surgeons still use the patellar tendon to replace the torn ACL, Sterett and his team began moving away from this technique almost 20 years ago. ... “Utilizing the quadriceps tendon for ACL ...

“When I retore my ACL in 2016, I had no doubts that I wanted Dr. Sterett and his team to repair my knee again.” This time, he suggested employing her quadricep tendon to repair the torn ACL.