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.

Patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with a hamstring tendon graft combined with anterolateral ligament reconstruction experienced a lower rate of graft failure and greater odds of returning ...

Children as young as 7 now approved for innovative new ACL repair surgery 02:09. An increasing number of young people are tearing their ACLs, and an innovative procedure is now approved for use on ...

Orthocell successfully conducted a pre-clinical evaluation using CelGro® collagen rope to replace the need for an autologous tendon graft for ACL reconstruction Study showed host ligament stem ...

Surgeons commonly use hamstring autografts in ACL reconstruction. A typical graft is a 4-strand graft about 8 mm in diameter, but sizes can vary widely according to individual patients.

Transphyseal ACL Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature Patient. ... (47 knees) underwent ACL reconstruction using hamstring allograft. Forty-seven knees were followed up for 11 to 96 months.

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears represent more than 50% of knee injuries and affect more than 200,000 people in the United States each year, with direct and indirect costs greater than $7 ...

Objective We performed a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction (ACLR) using either quadriceps tendon graft (QT) or semitendinosus/gracilis hamstring (STG) graft.

Innovative ACL reconstruction now approved for patients as young as 7 years old. Story by Mallika Marshall, MD ... like a hamstring or quadriceps tendon, to reconstruct the ligament.