QTB grafts are found to be more suitable than BPTB grafts for ACL reconstruction (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

QTB grafts are found to be more suitable than BPTB grafts for ACL reconstruction

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Examinations in human cadavers and ACL reconstruction patients showed that the QTB graft is more similar to the ACL at the femoral insertion site than the BPTB graft. The difference between graft bending angle (GBA) and an angle corresponding to GBA showed that the BPTB graft bends less than the BPTB graft, suggesting a lower risk of excessive stress on the insertion site and thereby a lower probability of ACL reconstruction failures.

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Osaka Metropolitan University

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