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Hamstring Graft Biological Preparation for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Nuno Camelo Barbosa1, Francisco Guerra-Pinto1, Claudia Cabeleira1
1Instituição G.I.G.A.-Grupo Integrado de Gestão de Acidentes, Lisbon, Portugal.
Arthroscopy Techniques
|April 15, 2017
Abstract:
The all-inside anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) success depends on biologic integration of the graft in the bone tunnel. Sutures wrapping the tendon in the bone tunnel may affect tendon-bone healing in shorter bone tunnels. To achieve better graft integration, we propose a variation of the graft link suture technique wherein the graft is linked chain-like to the femoral and tibial TightRope (Arthrex), which increases the tendon-bone contact area by eliminating sutures from the noose of the graft and thus may allow better graft integration.