the quadruple loop hamstring graft in which the hamstring is used as a anterior cruciate ligament surrogate, 3) the hybrid graft in which the hamstring and an allograft (from a cadaver ...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures are also prevalent and typically require surgery from hamstring grafts, which often results in chronic deficits in eccentric knee flexor strength, a known ...

There are a few ACL graft options that may be considered. Autografts, those taken from elsewhere in your own body, can be harvested from: The patellar tendon The hamstring tendon Quadriceps tendon ...

ACL injury in ten months, Lincoln McCarthy is rolling the dice on a non-traditional treatment in a bold bid to be back ...

Dallas Mavericks All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving tore his left anterior cruciate ligament and will be out for the rest of ...

Brisbane star Lincoln McCarthy will follow one of the most radical return to play timelines ever attempted after surgery to ...

If the injury to the ACL also affects the associated structures ... statistically significant differences between these graft types were found: the PT group had a 79% side-to-side difference ...

and hamstring tendons (HT) grafts separately, and related to age at primary operation and sex. Results A total of 711 grafts in 14 201 primary ACL reconstructions were revised (5.0%) after median 6 ...

ACL surgery is a very trying period of recovery ... Quadricep grafts, patellar tendon grafts and hamstring grafts all have differing amounts of tensile strength. However, regardless of the ...

Another question is what is the best graft choice? Should the bone-patellar ... the soft tissue fixation that was used. Injuries of the ACL with open physes (Figure) can be classified into the ...

(KRDO) -- An ACL tear is one of ... quadriceps, or hamstring tendons. While the results work well for most patients, this involves harvesting the graft from elsewhere in the knee and drilling ...