title: Dacron augmentation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in dogs.
abstract: Substitution of the central third of the patellar tendon for the deficient anterior cruciate ligament was performed in 12 dogs (24 knees). In one-half of the knees the patellar tendon grafts were "augmented" with a 4-mm woven Dacron graft. It was hypothesized that Dacron augmentation would protect the patellar tendon graft during its revascularization stages. This was not the case, however. Only once did a Dacron ligament graft demonstrate superiority over the nonaugmented graft; indeed, five of the augmented grafts performed significantly worse.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology*; D007719:Knee Joint; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000601:surgery*; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates / Q000009:adverse effects; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates