Tissue engineering for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a review of current strategies

FA Petrigliano, DR McAllister, BM Wu - Arthroscopy: The Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one the most commonly injured ligaments of the
knee. Chronic ACL insufficiency can result in episodic instability, chondral and meniscal …

Vascular and nerve injury after knee dislocation: a systematic review

O Medina, GA Arom, MG Yeranosian… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background Vascular injury is a devastating complication of acute knee dislocation.
However, there are wide discrepancies in the reported frequency of vascular injury after …

Allograft update: the current status of tissue regulation, procurement, processing, and sterilization

DR McAllister, MJ Joyce, BJ Mann… - … American Journal of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Allografts are commonly used during sports medicine surgical procedures in the United
States, and their frequency of use is increasing. Based on surgeon reports, it is estimated …

Effects of applied quadriceps and hamstrings muscle loads on forces in the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments

KL Markolf, G O'Neill, SR Jackson… - The American journal …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Muscle contraction can subject healing knee ligament grafts to high loads.
Purpose To directly measure the effects of quadriceps and hamstrings muscle loads on …

A biomechanical comparison of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction techniques

JA Bergfeld, DR McAllister, RD Parker… - … American journal of …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Most posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction techniques use both tibial and femoral bone
tunnels for graft placement. Because of the acute angle the graft must make to gain entrance …

Outcomes of postoperative septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

DR McAllister, RD Parker, AE Cooper… - … American journal of …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
Arthroscopically guided reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament is a common
orthopaedic procedure. While many associated complications have been described in the …

Cyclic loading of posterior cruciate ligament replacements fixed with tibial tunnel and tibial inlay methods

KL Markolf, JR Zemanovic, DR McAllister - JBJS, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Background: The optimal method of replacement of the posterior cruciate ligament with a
bone-patellar tendon-bone graft is not known. The purpose of this study was to compare the …

Quality of life assessment in elite collegiate athletes

DR McAllister, AR Motamedi, SL Hame… - … American Journal of …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
The objectives of this study were to establish baseline Medical Outcomes Study Short Form
Health Survey (SF-36) data for Division I collegiate athletes and to determine the effects of …

Current tissue engineering strategies in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

NL Leong, FA Petrigliano… - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most common ligamentous
injuries of the knee. Limitations of allografts and autografts in ACL reconstruction as well as …

Anterior-posterior and rotatory stability of single and double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions

KL Markolf, S Park, SR Jackson, DR McAllister - JBJS, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Some surgeons presently reconstruct both the anteromedial and posterolateral
bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament. The purposes of this study were to measure the …