Freeze-dried flexor tendons in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

D. A. Webster; F. W. Werner

doi:10.1097/00003086-198312000-00037

Freeze-dried flexor tendons in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

D. A. Webster
, F. W. Werner

Orthopedic Surgery

Upstate Medical University

State University of New York (SUNY)

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Abstract

Flexor tendons were harvested from donor dogs, freeze-dried, and reimplanted into 6 mongrel dogs that were made surgically anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficient. After one month of immobilization the dogs were allowed to run free for 8 months. At this time all ACL substitutes were found to be intact and repopulated by host cells. Mechanical testing showed the freeze-dried allograft ACL to be significantly weaker than the normal control ligament but similar in strength to implanted tendon autograft ligament substitutes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	238-243
Number of pages	6
Journal	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Volume	181
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003086-198312000-00037
State	Published - 1983

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