24 patients (27%) were involved in sports and the most common sport played was football (n =10, 42%). The most common graft used for primary ACL reconstruction was hamstring tendon in 39 patients (54% ...

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 ...

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

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].

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is ruptured 300,000 ... we almost always add an extra articular reconstruction (a graft on the side of the knee) to support the ACL reconstruction.

Personal trainer Danyelle Anderson ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL ... and replacing it with a graft of tissue taken from the patient's hamstring or patellar (kneecap) tendon ...

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 ...

Overshown said the surgeon took the patellar tendon out of his left knee and used it to fix his right ACL. They discussed pulling from his hamstring and quad but that could lead to losing some ...