Tendon-to-bone healing of a quadrupled hamstring tendon graft fixed with biodegradable screws in an immature athlete: a radiologic, arthroscopic, histologic, and electromicroscopic investigation.
Abstract Quadrupled hamstring tendon is one of the most commonly used ligamentous substitutes in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. We describe a case of a young athlete who sustained a rerupture of a semitendinosus-gracilis autograft fixed with biodegradable screws 2 years after primary surgery. Radiologic, arthroscopic, histologic, and electromicroscopic investigation showed tendon-to-bone healing of the soft tissue graft and partial degradation of the interference screws.
Fankhauser
Florian
F
Department of Traumatology, University Medical Center Graz, Graz, Austria. florian.fankhauser@klinikum-graz.at
Passler
Jörg Michael
JM
Schippinger
Gert
G
Boldin
Christian
C
Scarpatetti
Michael
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001182:Arthroscopy; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001863:Bone Screws; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D011859:Radiography; D013177:Sports; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation*
D001672:Biocompatible Materials