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The graft most appropriate for this group, regardless of technical difficulties, should therefore be considered the gold standard. We believe that the bone – patella tendon – bone (BPTB) graft best ...

Quadriceps tendon grafts had a revision rate of 2.7% vs. 3% for bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts. Quadriceps tendon grafts had a revision rate of 2.7% vs. 4.5% for hamstring tendon grafts.

To test the hypothesis that a template system for harvesting bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) would cause fewer postoperative patellofemoral problems than freehand graft harvests, two groups of 20 ...

Previous studies of patellar tendon repairs have varied in their methods ... that adequate reinforcement of the repair with a Dacron graft obviated the need for postoperative immobilization.

However, data from the Shelbourne Knee Center’s research program is encouraging. It shows that ACL surgery patients who receive a contralateral patellar tendon graft (PTG) are recovering faster than ...

I had a pretty bad experience the first time, I had a patellar tendon graft, very painful, took a long time getting back to being active," he says. Marty turned to San Francisco surgeon ...

“Two common grafts, or replacement tendons, for ACL reconstruction are bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) and quadriceps tendon-patellar bone (QTB) grafts,” noted lead researcher Professor ...