title: Tendon allografts in knee ligament surgery.
abstract: This paper describes the experiences of the Orthopaedic Service and the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service in Edinburgh in establishing a tissue bank for allograft tendons used in knee ligament reconstruction surgery. Ninety-five tendons have been harvested from 23 donors, and 36 grafts have been implanted in 30 knees for either primary ligament reconstruction (group 1, 4 knees), revision ligament reconstruction (group 2, 11 knees), or in patients with multiple ligament deficiency (group 3, 15 knees). The basic science of ligament allografts, donor screening and the role of tendon allografts are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, Edinburgh, U.K.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Nutton
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Melville
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012606:Scotland; D013710:Tendons / Q000382:microbiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous