Graft tension in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 15 (5), 464-470
- https://doi.org/10.1177/036354658701500506
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of initial tensioning on the outcome of reconstruction of the ACL. The ACLs of 15 adult mongrel dogs were excised and reconstructed. In the first five dogs, the ACLs of both knees were reconstructed using the medial one- third of the patellar tendon. The graft was fixed under a tension of 1 N (0.22 pounds) in one knee and 39 N (8.8 pounds) in the opposite knee. In the remainder of the dogs, the reconstructions were augmented with Dacron prostheses. Tensioning of both graft compo nents in the augmented reconstructions was either with 1 N in one knee and 39 N in the contralateral knee or disproportionate tensions of 1 N and 39 N applied to the autogenous material and to the prosthesis. Sacrifice was 3 months postsurgery and results were examined with microangiography/histology and mechanical test ing. In the reconstructions with the patellar tendon alone, the biologic study showed poor vascularity and focal myxoid degeneration within the graft pretensioned with a load of 39 N. In the augmented reconstructions, the knees in which both graft materials were fixed with 1 N tension showed the strongest and stiffest reconstruc tion at 3 months. The study suggests that minimal tension should be applied to the graft materials during surgical reconstruction of the ACL.Keywords
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