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Re: ACL Reconstruction / Jon Doe or Hamstring?
Posted By: dban
Date: Friday, 5 September 2008, at 2:15 p.m.
In Response To: ACL Reconstruction / Jon Doe or Hamstring? (Joel)
Your other choice would be a patella tendon graft from the front of your own knee, either the same side or the other leg. This is the graft most competitive athletes choose. I had an auto patella, same side, and am back to playing competitive soccer. I had the procedure when I was 40. I was very wary of using a cadaver graft due to the very small chance of disease transmission but mostly the possibility of getting a low quality graft. If you're healthy, and it sounds like you are, your own parts are best, you'll sleep better.
> Thanks for taking the time to read this.
> I'm a 33 y/o male with no previous knee problems other than
> the occasional strain. I've been an active martial artist
> for over 15 years and had a freak accident about 10 days
> which left me with a completely torn ACL. My doctor (new)
> explained to me that the ACL was completely
> "gone" and surgery is the only choice if I want
> to return to my activities at some point.
> Luckily, he determined that my ROM was remarkable good for
> this type of injury and I would not need to wait or go
> through preop PT before surgery.
> The only thing is that he insisted that an allograft was
> the best way to go. In his opinion, a 33 yo male should not
> risk using the hamstring because it could further hinder
> the use of the leg (high kicks / stretching etc).
> Of course I want to clear this up as quickly as possible,
> but I'm nervous about using a peice from a cadaver
> (infection? not as stable?.
> I'm scheduled for surgery next Tuesday, but just in case
> I'm going for a second opinion the day before. The second
> opinion is really for the choice of surgery though becuase
> it seems there is no other choice.
> Is the allograft procedure inferior to using a piece of my
> own hamstring? How much of a risk is it to opt for that
> instead?
> Thanks again for reading and I apologize for the lack of
> medical terms and spelling. I'm a total noob to this and
> it's all happening kind of quickly so I haven't had much
> time to learn all that there is to learn about this.
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