Correlation of intra-operative hamstring autograft size with pre-operative anthropometric and MRI measurements

Publication date: Available online 6 September 2018Source: Journal of OrthopaedicsAuthor(s): Sally Corey, Terry Mueller, Christopher Hartness, Balakrishna M. PrasadAbstractThe purpose of this study was to compare various pre-operative methods of estimating intra-operative hamstring autograft size. A retrospective review was completed on 74 patients who had an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction performed using a quadruple-looped hamstring autograft from July 2007–April 2015 at a single institution. A positive correlation was observed between intra-operative graft size and pre-operative imaging using two methods of MRI measurements. Correlation existed between hamstring size and patient height and weight, but not age or BMI. Thus, pre-operative MRI and anthropometric measurements can be used to estimate intra-operative hamstring graft size.
Source: Journal of Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research