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Successful anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a tendon graft necessitates solid healing of the tendon graft in the bone tunnel. Improvement of graft healing to bone is crucial for facilitating an early and aggressive rehabilitation and ensuring rapid return to pre-injury levels activity. Tendon graft healing in a bone tunnel...

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Meeting Program
Does "No Difference" Mean There Is No Difference? Freddie Fu
Quad Tendon Graft for ACL Reconstruction Walter Shelton

"Arthroscopic Thermal Shrinkage for Dynamic Scapholunate Ligament Tear" by Dr. Mel Rosenwasser.

Question/purpose We therefore determined if allograft ACL reconstruction would still be less costly if all procedures were performed in a completely outpatient setting.
Conclusions Allograft ACL reconstruction was more costly than autograft ACL reconstruction in the outpatient setting. The cost of the allograft outweighs the increased surgical time needed for harvesting an autograft.
Cost...

Video of technique for lateral ankle stabilization
Eric Giza

Apr 29 - It apparently makes no difference whether an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is reconstructed with a hamstring tendon autograft or allograft, Chinese researchers report.
Both grafts provide essentially very similar results, said senior author Dr. Shaoqi Tian in email to Reuters Health.
Report of a March 25th 2011 online paper...

Technique Video (23 mins) Anatomic Approach to Revision ACL Reconstruction By: Freddie Fu
The anatomic approach is gaining popularity in ACL reconstruction. It is predominantly applied during primary ACL reconstruction. However, following the same principles as during primary surgery, the anatomic approach can also be applied during revision surgery. This video demonstrates...

Anatomic Single Bundle ACL Reconstruction with Quadrupled Hamstring Autograft 9 min technique video by Dr. Darren Johnson.

Conclusions The described ACL reconstruction technique represents a promising alternative to previously described procedures in the treatment of children and adolescents with open growth plates. Using quadriceps tendon future graft availability is not compromised, as the most frequently used autograft-source, ipsilateral hamstring tendons, remains untouched.
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadriceps tendon...

There are no controlled, prospective studies comparing the 10-year outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using patellar tendon (PT) and 4-strand hamstring tendon (HT) autografts.
Hypothesis: Comparable results are possible with HT and PT autografts.
Conclusions: It is possible to obtain excellent results with both HT and PT autografts. We recommend HT...