Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Aug 2013
Effect of muscle preserved on tendon graft on intra-articular healing in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
The aim of this study was to determine the impact on intra-articular healing of muscle tissue retained on tendon grafts used for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. ⋯ Results of this study indicate that muscle left on tendon grafts promotes intra-articular healing and remodeling of the graft in a rabbit model. However, excessive amounts of retained skeletal muscle weaken tendon graft's strength for ACL reconstruction. Preserving small amounts of muscle on tendon grafts is feasible for improving the biological success of ACL reconstruction in humans.