Femoral interference screw insertion significantly increases graft tension in medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction.
Jakob AckermannAlexandre Barbieri MestrinerGergo MerkelyFelipe Morlin Luiz AmbraAndreas H GomollPublished in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA (2020)
Femoral interference screw insertion significantly increases graft tension in MPFL reconstruction even in low preloading conditions, with graft size and graft-tunnel interference fit having a considerably effect on graft tension. Surgeons should be aware of the inadvertent increases in graft tension even in low preloading conditions to mitigate the risk of graft overtensioning.
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