ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2021
Adjustable-Loop Devices Promote Graft Revascularization in the Femoral Tunnel After ACL Reconstruction: Comparison With Fixed-Loop Devices Using Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
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- Both Adjustable and Fixed Loop Hamstring Tendon Graft Fixation Have Similar Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Adjustable-loop implants are non-inferior to fixed-loop implants for femoral fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Fixed-loop vs. adjustable-loop cortical button devices for femoral fixation in ACL reconstruction - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2022Review
- Adjustable-Loop Cortical Suspensory Fixation Results in Greater Tibial Tunnel Widening Compared to Interference Screw Fixation in Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHamstring tendon grafts are usually fixed in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using either an adjustable-loop device (ALD) or a fixed-loop device (FLD). The contact area between the graft and the tunnel wall is different between the 2 devices. PURPOSE: To determine using magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) whether ALD and FLD result in different blood flow of the graft in the femoral tunnel during the early postoperative period. STUDY
designCohort study; Level of evidence, 3.
methodsBetween 2008 and 2018, a total of 42 patients (17 men and 25 women) underwent MRA at 3 months after ACL reconstruction. All surgical procedures were performed using semitendinosus tendon autografts folded into 4 strands. Overall, 23 patients underwent the FLD procedure and 19 patients underwent the ALD procedure. The signal intensity of the superior portion of the graft in the femoral tunnel was evaluated using transverse MRA images perpendicular to the femoral tunnel axis.
resultsMRA images showed high signal intensity in the superior portion of the graft in the femoral tunnel in 94.7% and 60.9% of the ALD patients and FLD patients, respectively, a statistically significant difference (
conclusionMRA images at 3 months after surgery revealed that blood flow reached the superior end of the tendon graft in the femoral tunnel in more patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with an ALD compared with an FLD.
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