To unlock this feature and to subscribe to our weekly evidence emails, please create a FREE orthoEvidence account.

SIGNUP

Already Have an Account?

Loading...
Visit our Evidence-Based Covid-19 Website and Stay Up to Date with the latest Research.
Ace Report Cover

Hamstring allograft provides similar stability to autograft in anatomic double-bundle ACLR

Download
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Ace Report Cover
June 2017

Hamstring allograft provides similar stability to autograft in anatomic double-bundle ACLR

Vol: 6| Issue: 6| Number:14| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:2

Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With a Hamstring Tendon Autograft and Fresh-Frozen Allograft: A Prospective, Randomized, and Controlled Study.

Arthroscopy. 2016 Dec;32(12):2521-2531. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2016.04.013. Epub 2016 Jun 8

Contributing Authors:
Y Wang K Sun S Tian B Wang Q Li L Liu C Ha

Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here

Synopsis

157 patients undergoing anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction were randomized to undergo the procedure using either a fresh frozen hamstring allograft or a hamstring autograft to determine if there were differences in knee laxity, function, and alternative outcomes over a 4-year follow-up. The results at final follow-up indicated there were no differences in KT-200...

CME Image

Did you know that you’re eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report!

LEARN MORE

Join the Conversation

Please Login or Join to leave comments.

Learn about our AI Driven
High Impact Search Feature

High Impact Icon

Our AI driven High Impact metric calculates the impact an article will have by considering both the publishing journal and the content of the article itself. Built using the latest advances in natural language processing, OE High Impact predicts an article’s future number of citations better than impact factor alone.

Continue