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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears| Choosing the best ACL Graft


Which is the Best ACL Graft For You? - Adam B. Cohen, MD

Proponents have argued that the graft more naturally mimics the anterior cruciate ligament, and that the donor site morbidity is less than with patellar tendon ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Choices - PMC

Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common surgical procedure; however, there is no consensus to what the best graft option is to ...

ACL Graft Choice | MOON Knee ACL Research

Every anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) has a risk to retear. ... Use the difference between the two numbers to determine your graft choice (see ...

Graft Selection in Contemporary Anterior Cruciate Ligament ...

Recent prospective cohort studies have identified risk factors for ACL reconstruction graft failure such as younger patient age, increased ...

Choosing an ACL Graft - what is your best option?

In the young, high-level, or profession athlete, I will almost exclusively use patellar tendon autograft. This is the “gold standard” for ACL ...

What Type Of Graft Should I Choose For My ACL Reconstruction ...

So, you've injured your ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) and you're considering reconstruction surgery, and now you need to learn more about types of grafts ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears- Choosing the best ACL Graft

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears- Choosing the best ACL Graft - The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is within the knee joint with a limited blood supply.

Best Way To Reconstruct ACL | Children's Hospital Colorado

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) has limited healing capacity. Find out if an autograft or allograft is better for treating an ACL injury.

ACL Reconstruction: Which Graft Type is Right for Me?

Another option is to use an allograft tendon (cadaver) to recreate the ligament. Allograft tendons have been associated with higher re-tear ...

Graft Choices for Optimizing Anterior Cruciate Ligament ...

Sebastianelli, MD Patients who require ACL reconstruction and who want to return to pre-injury levels of aggressive activity need to receive a ligament graft; ...

ACL Reconstruction Types of Grafts - Dr. Riley J. Williams III

An ACL reconstruction is a surgical procedure performed to repair a torn or damaged anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee. Oftentimes, this procedure ...

ACL surgery - Which graft is best? - Dr. Andrew Dold, MD

So, for most young patients, the question is not deciding between an auto- or allograft, but rather which autograft: BTB or hamstring.

Current trends in graft choice for anterior cruciate ligament ...

Graft choices in ACL-R are broadly divided into autograft and allograft tissue. Hamstring tendon autograft (HT) is the most commonly used ...

Best ACL Graft for a Professional Athlete

... anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Although most ACL tears are non-contact injuries, contact sports further increase an athlete's knee to a greater risk of ...

Current concepts in graft selection for anterior cruciate ligament ...

Patients with ligamentous hyperlaxity undergoing ACL reconstruction with HT autograft and ALLR were found to have a lower graft failure rate and ...

ACL graft selection: state of the art - Journal of ISAKOS

Despite recent developments in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction techniques, there are still several intraoperative factors affecting clinical ...

The Best Graft for ACL Reconstruction

The patellar tendon graft (PTG) has always been the gold standard for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.

What Type of Graft is Right for Your ACL Reconstruction?

Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee are common in athletes but also ... What type of tissue graft works best to reconstruct your ligament ...

ACL Reconstruction Surgery: Procedure and Recovery - HSS

A partial or complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee is a common injury among athletes.

Graft Options in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

ACL tears can be managed either surgically or non-surgically. The decision on which avenue is best is based on multiple factors (age, activity level, other ...