2022 AOSSM Annual Meeting Recordings with CME-Quadriceps Autograft for ACL Reconstruction. When I Use it and How to Harvest it (5 video/5 talk)

Quadriceps Autograft for ACL Reconstruction. When I Use it and How to Harvest it (5 video/5 talk)

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Video Summary

The video discusses the use of quadriceps tendon autograft in ACL reconstructions. The speaker emphasizes the importance of graft qualities that resemble the native ACL, such as biomechanical properties, minimal morbidity, low complication rate, safe use in open growth plates, timely maturation, and positive clinical outcomes. Comparing quadriceps tendon autograft to other graft types, it is found to have similar tensile load and stiffness, lower complication rates, less pain, and fewer numbness. Studies also show that quadriceps tendon autograft has good graft maturation and comparable outcomes to other grafts. The speaker recommends using quadriceps tendon autograft in athletes, patients with knee pain or chondrosis, and as a revision graft. However, they note a higher incidence of extension loss and stress the importance of early rehabilitation. The video ends with a description of the graft harvesting technique.

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Robin West, MD

Keywords

quadriceps tendon autograft

ACL reconstructions

graft qualities

biomechanical properties

complication rate