Clinical use of fresh, frozen soft tissue allografts.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
Fresh frozen allograft tissue provides a good alternative to autogenous tissue for the treatment of patients with symptomatic ligamentous deficiency. While transmission of AIDS and other infectious diseases remains a small possibility, allografts provide the advantages of shorter operative time, small incisions, no damage to a patient's own tissues, and superior usefulness in multiple reconstructions, as well as revision of failed autogenous reconstructions. An independent, critical evaluation of the 4-year results of patients with allograft ACL reconstructions is presented. Issues important in allograft tissue recovery, banking, and intraoperative preparation are reviewed.
Medical subject headings
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament
- Freezing
- Tissue Preservation
- Transplantation, Homologous