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SUBMITTER: Park K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5310149 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Kunbo K Brusalis Christopher M CM Ganley Theodore J TJ
Arthroscopy techniques 20160926 5
Growing participation in youth athletics has resulted in increased numbers of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in skeletally immature patients. Use of autogenous graft material has been associated with improved graft survival. However, pediatric patients sometimes possess hamstring tendons that produce smaller-diameter grafts than those prepared with adult autogenous materials. Smaller-diameter grafts may predispose younger patients to graft failure. We describe a technique that increas ...[more]