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What's having a patellar graft acl reconstruction?
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Acl knee: The middle third of the patella tendon, the ttendon below the knee cap, is taken with bone on each end one from the patella and the other from the tibia, or shin bone, this is used to make a new acl ligament.
Answered 4/29/2013
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Patellar tendon used: When anterior cruciate ligament tare is repaired with with a small piece of patella along with small piece of tendon is used to repair acl then it is called petellar graft acl reconstuction., synthetic grafts, cadaver grafts along with other material are also used to repair acl.
Answered 3/31/2012
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Graft choice: Acls are reconstructed in several ways. One way is to take the central third of your patella tendon with bone attached at either end and reconstruct your acl using this tissue.
Answered 5/3/2016
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