Half of the patients had a knee tendon graft, and the others had a hamstring tendon graft. Symptoms such as knee mobility, pain and swelling were measured at two, five, seven, 10 and 15 years from ...

Above all, the graft choice should come as a discussion ... associated higher risk of recurrent ACL tears and the link with lower hamstring:quad ratios and higher rates of ACL tears.

Biological ACL graft failure is a complex pathological entity. This results in an atonic, disorganised and non-viable graft. Our aim was to study biological failure in patients undergoing revision ACL ...

A smaller sized hamstring graft in an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction patient less than 20 years old may increase revision rates, according to new research. A smaller sized hamstring ...

Objective We performed a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction (ACLR) using either quadriceps tendon graft (QT) or semitendinosus/gracilis hamstring (STG) graft.

"The addition of LET to a hamstring autograft ACLR in young active patients significantly reduces graft failure and persistent anterolateral rotatory laxity at 2 years post operatively," said Getgood.

“At 6 weeks and 1 year, BTB [bone-tendon-bone] and hamstring grafts demonstrated similar motion in both the tibial and femoral tunnels. The [next] question is, ‘Do BTB grafts heal to bone ...