TY - JOUR
T1 - Achilles Tendon Allograft Preparation Technique for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
T2 - A Technical Note
AU - Zamorano, Héctor
AU - Yáñez-Diaz, Roberto
AU - Vergara, Francisco
AU - Caracciolo, Gaston
AU - Valdés, Sebastián
AU - Yáñez-Rojo, Roberto
AU - De la Fuente, Carlos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Arthroscopy Association of North America. Published by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Several factors associated with graft preparation for the surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) like the wrong thawed, prophylaxis, bone cuts, excessive bone removal as well as positioning problems like a tunnels-graft mismatch, insufficient harvesting of the donor's tendon, size graft limitations (length and diameter), uncontrolled rotation of graft in their longitudinal axis, over or under tensioned graft, fixation mistakes, bone defects, secondary arthrofibrosis or morbidity of the donor site, and others factors importantly affect the outcomes of the ACL surgery. In this sense, the Achilles tendon Allograft is an advantageous technique where many of the previous limitation factors described can be controlled during an appropriate preparation. However, to obtain the maximum potentialities of the graft a detailed knowledge of the preparation is required. Hence, we aimed to describe how to prepare the Achilles tendon Allograft to control the graft's length and diameter, bone removal, and fixation requirements.
AB - Several factors associated with graft preparation for the surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) like the wrong thawed, prophylaxis, bone cuts, excessive bone removal as well as positioning problems like a tunnels-graft mismatch, insufficient harvesting of the donor's tendon, size graft limitations (length and diameter), uncontrolled rotation of graft in their longitudinal axis, over or under tensioned graft, fixation mistakes, bone defects, secondary arthrofibrosis or morbidity of the donor site, and others factors importantly affect the outcomes of the ACL surgery. In this sense, the Achilles tendon Allograft is an advantageous technique where many of the previous limitation factors described can be controlled during an appropriate preparation. However, to obtain the maximum potentialities of the graft a detailed knowledge of the preparation is required. Hence, we aimed to describe how to prepare the Achilles tendon Allograft to control the graft's length and diameter, bone removal, and fixation requirements.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85113936815
U2 - 10.1016/j.eats.2021.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.eats.2021.05.016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113936815
SN - 2212-6287
VL - 10
SP - e2143-e2150
JO - Arthroscopy Techniques
JF - Arthroscopy Techniques
IS - 9
ER -