A biomechanical analysis of tibial ACL reconstruction with graft length mismatch

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) Vol. 25; no. 1; p. 2309499017690983
• Main Authors: Gaines, Evan B, Lau, Diana, Naziri, Qais, Hayes, Westley, Jauregui, Julio J., Kapadia, Bhaveen H, Urban, William P, Zikria, Bashir A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2017; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Animals; Authorship; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanics; Bone Screws; Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafting - instrumentation; Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafts; Cattle; Knee; Studies; Surgical techniques; Sutures; Tensile Strength; Tibia - surgery; Tissue Culture Techniques; Transplants; Weight-Bearing; United States > US; anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; graft length mismatch; ACL; cyclic loading; biomechanical testing

Introduction: The incidence of graft length mismatch (GLM) during anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is reported to be up to 13%, with a rate of 20% when using bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) allografts. Multiple techniques have been described to accommodate for the longer BPTB graft....