Anterior Cruciate Ligament Sizing Tools Can Be Interchanged Without Affecting Graft Diameter Measurement.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether different types of measurement tools can be interchanged without significantly affecting the resulting graft diameter.

Methods

Hamstrings (gracilis and semitendinosus) and quadriceps tendons in 33 cadaver knees were harvested. Three different anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft combinations were created using these tendons, making 99 cadaver grafts samples available to measure. The grafts were randomly passed through sizing tubes and a slotted measurement block to determine their diameter. Interobserver and intraobserver reliabilities of measurements were assessed. Pearson correlation test, as well as Bland Altman graph, were used to evaluate the interchangeability of the tools.

Results

In 95% of cases, the diameter difference between t

SUBMITTER: Joannette Bourguignon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210359 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature