For those patients who do require surgical repair of the ACL, a graft will be used to replace the damaged section of ligament. This graft will use a section of tendon that can either be taken from the patient (autograft) or a cadaver (allograft). The most commonly used grafts include: ...
This new device allows the surgeon to complete a DC, yet providing at the same time a cranial reconstruction that will not require the patient to undergo a second reconstructive procedure. Materials and Methods: Different size and location craniectomies were carried out on four human cadaveric ...
Surgical repair of a torn ACL involves reconstruction of the ligament, often using a tendon graft from the hamstrings on the back of the knee or the patellar tendon at the front of the knee, according to theCleveland Clinic.Grafts can also be taken from cadaver tissue. ACL reconstruction surg...
An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a common treatment for patients with ACL rupture that aims to regain pre-injury knee stability and kinematics. During the ACL reconstruction, one method to fix the graft is the use of an interference screw (IS). The IS should provide initia...