Higher rates of anatomical insertion of medial hamstring tendon regeneration post-anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with stump preservation graft harvesting technique: A prospective, randomised, double-blinded clinical trial with magnetic resonance imaging evaluation.

Objective(s): The purpose of this study was to compare the regeneration of semitendinosus and gracilis tendons from two different graft harvesting techniques, which are the stump preservation and conventional graft harvesting techniques. We hypothesised that the stump preservation graft harvesting technique, which preserved the distal attachment of tendons at their insertion, would facilitate anatomical regeneration to the pes anserinus.

Methods: This is a prospective, randomised, double-blinded study whereby thirty consecutive patients who underwent single bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with ipsilateral semitendinosus and gracilis autografts were recruited.

Medical students' choice of specialty and factors determining their choice: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Malaysia.

Information about medical students' choice of specialty can be helpful for planning health manpower. However, such information from medical students in Malaysian medical schools is lacking. We carried out a cross-sectional questionnaire survey among fourth- and fifth-year medical undergraduate students at Melaka-Manipal Medical College.