title: A literature review of autograft and allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
abstract: Knee anterior cruciate ligament reconstructive surgery has significantly evolved and now includes the option of using an allograft. This has resulted in numerous studies evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of allografts. The purpose of this literature review is to evaluate this research and present important findings to allow the selection of the most appropriate graft source when considering allograft versus autograft reconstruction.
authors: Division of Applied Biomedical Research, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Marrale
authors: Matthew C
authors: MC
authors: Morrissey
authors: Fares S
authors: FS
authors: Haddad
mesh_terms: D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D050376:Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafting; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000637:transplantation; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000191:economics; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000191:economics