{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["4(2)"],"submitter":["Koh E"],"pubmed_abstract":["Although anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft has many advantages (e.g., high strength and solid fixation), there are also several complications (e.g., anterior knee pain or kneeling pain) due to harvest-site morbidity associated with the use of this graft type compared with the use of hamstring tendon. Therefore the ultimate goal of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a BPTB graft is to minimize harvest-site morbidity. We have used a technique for harvesting central-third BPTB grafts that involves only a 3-cm-long, longitudinal, curved incision in the medial tibial tuberosity for both graft harvesting and fixation. The purpose of this report is to describe the technique, which can avoid the harvest-site morbidities associated with BPTB autografts during knee arthroscopy. We believe that this less invasive reconstruction may reduce the harvest-site morbidities associated with BPTB grafts because it allows for BPTB graft harvesting without incising the synovial bursa or paratenon and mitigates scarring and adhesion formation."],"journal":["Arthroscopy techniques"],"pagination":["e179-84"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4454825"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using a Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft to Avoid Harvest-Site Morbidity in Knee Arthroscopy."],"pmcid":["PMC4454825"],"pubmed_authors":["Takemura S","Oe K","Koh E","Iida H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using a Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft to Avoid Harvest-Site Morbidity in Knee Arthroscopy.","description":"Although anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft has many advantages (e.g., high strength and solid fixation), there are also several complications (e.g., anterior knee pain or kneeling pain) due to harvest-site morbidity associated with the use of this graft type compared with the use of hamstring tendon. Therefore the ultimate goal of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a BPTB graft is to minimize harvest-site morbidity. We have used a technique for harvesting central-third BPTB grafts that involves only a 3-cm-long, longitudinal, curved incision in the medial tibial tuberosity for both graft harvesting and fixation. The purpose of this report is to describe the technique, which can avoid the harvest-site morbidities associated with BPTB autografts during knee arthroscopy. We believe that this less invasive reconstruction may reduce the harvest-site morbidities associated with BPTB grafts because it allows for BPTB graft harvesting without incising the synovial bursa or paratenon and mitigates scarring and adhesion formation.","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Apr","modification":"2025-04-27T01:03:13.389Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:52:47Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4454825","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26052497"],"doi":["10.1016/j.eats.2015.01.002"]}}