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 ...

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 ...

Larkins said a quadriceps tendon had been used in Smith's latest operation, because a hamstring graft was not an option given tendons from the midfielder's right and left hamstrings were used in his ...