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SUBMITTER: Yeh WL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203230 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yeh Wen-Ling WL Chen Jian-Ming JM Liu Chang-Heng CH Tsai Ping-Jui PJ Higashiyama Reiji R Takaso Masashi M
Arthroscopy techniques 20180917 10
The hamstring autograft is one of the most popular grafts for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Although many techniques for arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using hamstring autografts have been invented, hamstring harvest techniques have not been focused. Hamstrings are harvested using an open technique that requires a 2- to 5-cm skin incision. In this Technical Note, we describe an endoscopic harvest technique of autogenous gracilis and semitendinosus tendon. This technique needs ...[more]