An ACL injury occurs when the ACL suffers a partial or complete tear during an activity A surgery can help manage long-term ...

The most common graft used for primary ACL reconstruction was hamstring tendon in 39 patients (54%) followed by patella tendon in 20 patients (28%). The commonest reason for graft failure after ...

Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations. A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of ...

A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years ...

Objective: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL ... whether to leave the ruptured ACL remnant in the knee, the selection of the graft tissue, graft placement, and whether to use the transtibial ...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL ... that combined procedures significantly improved knee stability and reduced the risk of graft failure compared to isolated ACLR[3][4].

On his left knee, he had a Patella tendon graft, where a piece of his own patellar tendon was used to replace the torn ACL, which he found quite painful and slow to recover from. “My right knee ...

Another question is what is the best graft choice ... the patients waited and underwent ACL reconstruction when skeletally mature. The modified Lysholm knee score showed 1 excellent result ...

Additionally, the type of graft used played a role ... Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL): A key ligament in the knee that helps stabilize the joint. Intra-articular Infection: An infection that ...

For years, it was believed that a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament — the band of dense connective tissue inside the knee that runs from the femur (thigh bone) to the tibia (shin bone) — had ...

“The knee joint is held together by two ligaments. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). The medial collateral ligament (MCL) is located on the outside ...