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Peracetic acid sterilized tendon and ligament allografts for knee reconstruction: For anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and complex knee surgery

Orthopadie, ISSN: 2731-7153, Vol: 53, Issue: 5, Page: 341-347
2024
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Data on Autografts Reported by Philipp Ahrens and Colleagues [Peracetic acid sterilized tendon and ligament allografts for knee reconstruction : For anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and complex knee surgery]

2024 APR 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Chemicals & Chemistry Daily Daily -- New research on Transplant Medicine - Autografts

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Background: The use of allografts and autografts has been met with mixed views on whether allografts are a suitable alternative to autografts. Question: We aimed to investigate if chemically sterilized allografts show similar rerupture rates to those reported in the literature for allografts and autografts in anterior (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligaments (PCL) and complex knee surgery. Materials and methods: Retrospective data on knee reconstructions performed between 2011 and 2015 with tendon/ligamnet allografts sterilized with peracetic acid were collected in the form of a questionnaire. The inclusion criteria of 2 years for each patient were met by 38 patients, representing 22 ACL reconstructions, 5 PCL reconstructions, 3 OTHER surgeries, including the Larson technique and medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction and 8 COMPLEX surgeries. The main endpoints were rerupture and complication rate. Secondary endpoints included stability of the knee (Lachman test, Pivot shift test) and the range of motion. Results: The rerupture rate was 7.9% (3 grafts). Reruptures only occurred in the ACL group. No reruptures were observed in the PCL, OTHER and COMPLEX surgery groups. Stability improved significantly after surgery and the range of motion returned to values similar to that of healthy knees. Conclusions: Tendon allografts sterilized with peracetic acid show promising low rerupture rates and good clinical scores and the results are comparable to the literature on autografts and other allografts. Graphic abstract: (Figure presented.).

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