Open AccessPreoperative magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of semitendinosus tendon in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Does this have an effect on graft choice?
Author(s) -
Mutlu Çobanoğlu,
Ferit Tufan Özgezmez,
İmran Kurt Ömürlü,
Özkan İlhan,
Şevki Öner Şavk,
Emre Çullu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.189612
Subject(s) - anterior cruciate ligament , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction , nuclear medicine , knee joint , patellar tendon , orthopedic surgery , surgery , radiology
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with ST autograft is sometimes unsuccessful because of harvested thin graft. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a useful tool to evaluate the thickness of the graft. This study is performed to evaluate whether there is any correlation between diameters and cross-sectional area (CSA) of the semitendinosus tendon (ST) on the preoperative magnetic MRI and the diameter of the 4-stranded ST autograft in ACL reconstruction.