
Sports Medicine
Lower risk of issue at the graft harvest site with Bone-Hamstring Tendon-Bone autograft
Am J Sports Med. 2006 Feb;34(2):213-9. Epub 2005 Nov 1080 patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction were randomised to receive a bone-hamstring tendon-bone (BHB) autograft or a bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) autograft . Subjective and functional clinical factors were measured during the course of this trial. Results indicated there was a lower risk of problems at the graft harvest site with BHB autograft. However, other clinical outcomes were comparable between the two groups.
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