Editorial Commentary: Buckle Up Surgeons: "Safety Belt" Reinforcement of Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Grafts. Editorial Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Safety belt, or cerclage, reinforcement of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) grafts may protect against various modes of failure including creep and irreversible stretch, traumatic tearing, and slippage of the tendon-bone interface. A time-zero, biomechanical study shows that suture reinforcement may protect small and vulnerable hamstring ACL reconstruction grafts from these various modes of failure. Thus, in vivo comparative outcome analysis is indicated to determine if the benefits of reinforcement translate from the benchtop to the operating room.

publication date

  • February 1, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85041352471

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.arthro.2017.12.009

PubMed ID

  • 29413193

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 34

issue

  • 2