
Sports Medicine
Patellar tendon-bone and hamstring grafts equivalent in function and OA 10 years after
This report has been verified
by one or more authors of the
original publication.
Am J Sports Med. 2010 Mar;38(3):448-54. Epub 2010 Jan 23.
72 patients with subacute or chronic rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), scheduled for ACL reconstruction procedure, were randomized to the usage of a hamstring (HAM) or a patellar tendon bone (PTB) autograft for reconstruction. Ten years postoperatively, no statistically significant differences were found between treatment with HAM autograft or PTB autograft in ACL repair in all functional outcomes and prevalence of osteoarthritis.
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