ACL graft compression: a method to allow reduced tunnel sizes in ACL reconstruction.
Breck R LordHenry B ColacoChinmay M GupteAdrian J WilsonAndrew A AmisPublished in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA (2018)
No detrimental biomechanical effects of graft compression on allograft PL tendons were observed. Following compression, the grafts significantly increased in size during in vitro joint simulation. No significant difference was observed in graft stability between groups. Graft compression did not cause adverse mechanical effects in vitro. Smaller tunnels for compressed grafts reduce bone loss and ease anatomical placement.
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