Hamstring Autograft Versus Soft-Tissue Allograft in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Increased Failure Rates After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Soft-Tissue Autograft-Allograft Hybrid Grafts

“…In addition, a 2014 systematic review compared boneepatellar tendonebone and hamstring autografts with nonirradiated allografts and showed no significant differences in graft failure rates, postoperative laxity, or patient-reported outcome scores. 21 Cvetanovich et al 22 performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of hamstring autograft and soft-tissue allograft including both irradiated and nonirradiated grafts and found no statistical difference in outcomes. However, the addition of radiation to the sterilization process appears to increase the graft failure rate, as was shown by Borchers et al 23 In their case-control series, irradiated grafts were 5.6 times more likely to fail when compared with their nonirradiated counterparts.…”

Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With a Hamstring Tendon Autograft and Fresh-Frozen Allograft: A Prospective, Randomized, and Controlled Study

“…In a review and meta-analysis, 23 the authors included 5 studies with 504 combined patients (251 autograft and 253 allograft; 374 male and 130 female patients) with a mean age of 29.9 AE 2.2 years. The study showed no statistically significant differences between autografts and allografts for any outcome measures.…”

Hip Capsular Reconstruction Using Dermal Allograft

“…The benefits of allograft use include reduced donor-site morbidity, the ability to tailor the size of the graft, and a theoretically reduced operating time. 12 Advantages and limitations of our procedure can be found in Table 2.…”