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SUBMITTER: Woodall BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984280 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Woodall Brittany M BM Elena Nicholas N Gamboa Joseph T JT Shin Edward C EC Pathare Neil N McGahan Patrick J PJ Chen James L JL
Arthroscopy techniques 20180319 4
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures are common and unfortunate injuries for many athletes. The standard therapy for ACL rupture is ACL reconstruction with either autograft, harvested from hamstring or patellar tendon, or allograft tendon from a tissue donor. Advances in tissue engineering have produced interventions to augment the healing process and may have applications when it comes to ACL reconstruction. In this Technical Note and accompanying video, we describe a simple technique to i ...[more]