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ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2016

Intraarticular hamstring graft diameter decreases with continuing knee growth after ACL reconstruction with open physes.

Diego Costa Astur, Gustavo Gonçalves Arliani, Pedro Debieux, Camila Cohen Kaleka, Joicemar Tarouco Amaro, Moises Cohen

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Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Diego Costa AsturUniversidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Av Pacaembu 1024, São Paulo, SP, 01234-000, Brazil. mcastur@yahoo.com.
Gustavo Gonçalves ArlianiUniversidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Av Pacaembu 1024, São Paulo, SP, 01234-000, Brazil. ggarliani@hotmail.com.
Pedro DebieuxUniversidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Av Pacaembu 1024, São Paulo, SP, 01234-000, Brazil. pedrodebieux@yahoo.com.br.
Camila Cohen KalekaInstituto Cohen, São Paulo, Brazil. camilacohen@kaleka.com.br.
Joicemar Tarouco AmaroInstituto Cohen, São Paulo, Brazil. joicemar@uol.com.br.
Moises CohenUniversidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Av Pacaembu 1024, São Paulo, SP, 01234-000, Brazil. m.cohen@uol.com.br.

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purposeTo evaluate the graft diameter size after one-year follow-up or more of patients Tanner II, III, and IV who were submitted to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

methodsTen patients [five males (mean age: 14.4 years) and five females (mean age: 13.6 years)] with open physis and anterior cruciate ligament tear were submitted to transphyseal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with quadruple hamstrings graft. During the procedure, graft and tunnel size were recorded. After last clinical follow-up (range 1-11 years), an MRI study was requested and their measurements near the tibial tunnel were compared with the graft diameter measured and used during primary procedure.

resultsFour patients had Tanner stage II, four patients Tanner stage III, and two Tanner IV. There were statistically significant decreases in the quadruple hamstrings graft diameter size (average of 25.3%). Mean size at time of surgery was 7.9 mm (±0.87), and mean size measured at different points of follow-up evaluation was 5.9 mm (±0.65).

conclusionDiameter size of hamstring graft in skeletally immature patients is smaller in most cases. If there is a decrease in the diameter of the graft along postoperative time, the risk of a re-rupture is theoretically further increased. Quadruple hamstring graft decreases a mean 25.3% in diameter from time of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery until reassessment period in skeletally immature patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament ReconstructionMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdolescentAnterior Cruciate LigamentFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansKnee JointMaleTendonsACL reconstructionAnterior cruciate ligamentChildrenGraft evaluationOpen physisTanner stage

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