Comparison of femoral fixation methods for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with patellar tendon graft: a mechanical analysis in porcine knees.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the structural properties of femur-patellar tendon graft complex in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using different femoral fixation devices. Type of study is biomechanical testing. An ACL reconstruction was performed on 40 cadaver porcine knees, using patellar tendon (PT) graft.

Comparison between different femoral fixation devices for ACL reconstruction with doubled hamstring tendon graft: a biomechanical analysis.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare the mechanical behavior of some devices used for femoral fixation of doubled hamstring tendon graft in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction when included in a graft fixation complex (GFC).

Methods: An ACL reconstruction was performed on 90 porcine knees. The graft used was the doubled lateral extensor of toes (DLET).

Evaluation of bone plug and soft tissue anterior cruciate ligament graft fixation over time using transverse femoral fixation in a sheep model.

Purpose: To evaluate the mechanical role of bone-anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft junction in comparison with primary fixation of the graft.

Type Of Study: Ex vivo controlled biomechanical study.

Methods: An ACL reconstruction was performed on 2 groups of 40 sheep each.

Mechanical analysis of fixation methods for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring tendon graft. An experimental study in sheep knees.

This study evaluates the structural properties of the femur-anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft-tibia complex, comparing different graft fixation techniques in sheep knees. Four fixation devices were tested both for femoral fixation (Transfix, absorbable screw, RCI screw and Linx-HT) and tibial fixation (bone plug with metal screw, absorbable screw with staple, RCI screw and cancellous screw with spiked washer). The graft used for ACL reconstruction was fresh ovine doubled Achilles tendon (DAT).

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with doubled semitendinosus and gracilis tendon graft in rugby players.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate prospectively the results of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with doubled hamstring tendon graft in a selected group of 18 rugby players. The graft was fixed with a transcondylar screw (Transfix) on the femur, and with an absorbable interference screw and a metallic staple on the tibia. All the patients followed the same rehabilitation program.

Arthroscopic versus open treatment of Bankart lesion of the shoulder: a prospective randomized study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the results of arthroscopic and open repair of isolated Bankart lesions of the shoulder using metallic suture anchors.

Type Of Study: Prospective randomized clinical study.

Methods: Sixty patients with traumatic anterior shoulder instability underwent a surgical repair of an isolated Bankart lesion.