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SUBMITTER: Hughes JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7253771 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hughes Jonathan D JD Vaswani Ravi R Gibbs Christopher M CM Tisherman Robert T RT Musahl Volker V
Arthroscopy techniques 20200403 5
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft has recently gained popularity because newer techniques allow harvest of a robust graft with little soft-tissue dissection or donor-site morbidity. The QT graft can provide a safe, reproducible, and versatile option for primary and revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with equivalent outcomes and failure rates to those of bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon grafts. Therefore, continued impro ...[more]