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ACL Reconstruction With Cadaver Tissue Risky in Younger Patients
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The failure rate in an older group was only 2.4 percent.
While the findings may raise some red flags, a number of questions go unanswered, Lichota said.
"They don't tell us if the patients were braced postoperatively," he said, or when the second rupture occurred or the failure rates in specific subgroups of patients.
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Also, the researchers did not describe the particular technique used for each replacement. "My concern is that we may be comparing apples to oranges," said Dr. William Levine, chief of sports medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia in New York City.
More information
Visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine for more on ACL reconstruction.
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Last updated 7/10/2008
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SOURCES: Derek K. Lichota, M.D., assistant professor, surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and sports medicine physician, Scott & White; William Levine, M.D., chief, sports medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, New York City; July 10, 2008, presentation, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, annual meeting, Orlando, Fla.
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