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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with fresh-frozen patellar tendon allografts
J R Valenti1, D Sala, D Schweitzer
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A prospective study was performed on 30 patients who underwent an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with fresh-frozen patellar tendon allograft. An arthroscopic technique alone was used in 10 patients, and in the other 20 patients this was combined with a miniarthrotomy. After a mean follow up of 35 months, the overall functional results were satisfactory in 85%. There were no cases of infection, disease transmission or tissue rejection. Fresh-frozen patellar tendon allografts are a good method of anterior cruciate reconstruction.