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The paper compares hamstring autograft with a "hybrid" graft of hamstrings and a small LARS ligament in ACL reconstruction patients. The paper concludes ACLR utilizing a hybrid autologous/LARS® construct facilitated accelerated rehabilitation without evidence of increased failure or early graft stretch. Additionally, there was no clinical differenc...
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... pre-operative counseling participants were given the choice to receive either a hybrid graft with accelerated rehabilitation or an autologous graft with a traditional rehabilitation protocol. The patients' demographic data are shown in Table 1. The patient flow through the study is shown in (Figure 1). ...Similar publications
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most commonly injured ligament in the knee, with injury usually occurring as a result of multidirectional sports. The incidence of ACL injury has continued to increase, with most patients opting for surgery to improve stability as well as permit a return to sport. Traditional methods of ACL reconstruction...
