ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon graft may yield decreased knee flexion strength vs. reconstruction with patellar tendon graft. Outcomes were assessed at a minimum follow-up of 18 years.

Bruce Piatt, the NDSU team doctor from Sanford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, prefers to use the patellar tendon as opposed to the hamstring when he performs ACL reconstructive surgery.

According to published results, doubled peroneus longus tendon autograft may provide faster return to sport vs. quadrupled hamstring tendon autograft for patients undergoing ACL reconstruction ...

Nebraska Medicine doctor performing new ACL reconstruction surgery Rather than a graft, the new procedure helps the tissue heal itself The API failed to deliver the resource.

Doctors at Nebraska Medicine have started a new form of ACL reconstruction that could possibly benefit many patients in the long run. Traditionally for an ACL tear doctors will use tissue from ...

An alternative ACL reconstruction surgery for Smith — the hamstring autograft technique surgery — would have involved using a hamstring tendon (s) as the ligament replacement instead of parts ...

Backward hopping may be better indication of recovery from ACL reconstruction Backward hop shows potential as better indicator of strength, recovery in joints, muscles following knee surgery ...

ACL reconstructive surgery and the recovery have changed greatly since DeHoff's college days.

Dallas Mavericks All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving tore his left anterior cruciate ligament and will be out for the rest of the season. Here are details on ACL tears.

A preclinical study by HSS investigators found that earlier anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction led to lower immune cell activity, less inflammation and fewer joint changes associated ...