Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2021)

A narrative review of quadrupled hamstring tendon autograft for ACL tear

Author(s):

Dr. AS Vignesh, Dr. T Sundararajan and Dr. G Gopinath

Abstract:
Hamstring tendon autograft remains a popular graft choice nowadays. Knee pain after surgery has decreased very much than patellar tendon graft and recovery was also feasier and faster. Biomechanically stronger also compared to patellar tendon graft. Extensive search of articles were done in PUBMED, Google scholar and reference checking. We concluded that quadrupled hamstring tendon graft gives an excellent outcome by assessing with IKDC scoring.

Pages: 239-241  |  791 Views  132 Downloads

How to cite this article:
Dr. AS Vignesh, Dr. T Sundararajan and Dr. G Gopinath. A narrative review of quadrupled hamstring tendon autograft for ACL tear. Int. J. Orthop. Sci. 2021;7(1):239-241. DOI: 10.22271/ortho.2021.v7.i1d.2489