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For an acl ligament knee reconstruction if your hypermobile or have eds is it best to have an allograft rather than autograft to reduce failure risk?

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Dr. Mark Weston answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Probably allograft : Good question there is probably no statistically significant difference allograft reconstruction do well in many settings and eliminate donor site morbidity both grafts have a similar outcome

Answered 10/1/2016

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A member asked:

For an acl ligament knee reconstruction if your hypermobile or have eds is it best to have an allograft rather than autograft to reduce failure risk?

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Dr. Mark Weston answered

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