1994
DOI: 10.1007/bf00188324
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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with fresh-frozen patellar tendon allografts

Abstract: SUMMARYA prospective study was performed on 30 patients who underwent an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with fresh-frozen patellar tendon allograft. An arthroscopic technique alone was used in 10 patients, and in the other 20 patients this was combined with a miniarthrotomy. After a mean follow up of 35 months, the overall functional results were satisfactory in 85%. There were no cases of infection, disease transmission or tissue rejection. Fresh-frozen patellar tendon allografts are a good method … Show more

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“…Rates of septic arthritis are reported to be from 0.14% to 0.78% after ACL reconstruction 10,11,13,16,24,26 ; however, few reports of sepsis are published. In a survey of sports medicine fellowship directors, 18 of 61 (30%) surgeons had treated patients for postoperative joint sepsis in the last 2 years and 26 of 61 (43%) in the last 5 years.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rates of septic arthritis are reported to be from 0.14% to 0.78% after ACL reconstruction 10,11,13,16,24,26 ; however, few reports of sepsis are published. In a survey of sports medicine fellowship directors, 18 of 61 (30%) surgeons had treated patients for postoperative joint sepsis in the last 2 years and 26 of 61 (43%) in the last 5 years.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A retrospective review was conducted of the medical records of all 181 patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using BPTB allograft between December 1987 and December 2001. Part of this series was previously published showing our clinical results with BPTB allografts [29, 30, 31]. All patients were operated on at our knee surgery division.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En 1984, Konsei Shino, de Osaka, Japón, presentó los resultados de los aloinjertos en 31 pacientes (179) ; posteriormente, Richard Levitt (240) , en Miami y también el grupo de Lieja (Bélgica), formado por Jacques Defrere y Anne Franckart (241) . En España, al mismo tiempo, Valentí (242) comenzó a desarrollar una de las mayores estadísticas mundiales.…”
Section: Los Ligamentos Sintéticos Y Aloinjertosunclassified