title: One-stage bilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with use of hamstring tendon autografts: a case report.
abstract: This article presents an unusual problem of a patient with chronic bilateral ACL-deficient knees and constitutionally very thin patellar tendons. Author decided to perform one-stage bilateral ACL reconstructions using hamstring tendon autografts so as not to weaken his quadriceps muscles by compromising his extensor mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedics and Sports Surgery, General Hospital Celje, Oblakova 5, 3000, Celje, Slovenia. sajovic@siol.com
authors.forename: Matjaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sajovic
authors.forename: Saska
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demsar
mesh_terms: D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous