Ligament/Tendon

Conventional repair strategies

  • Autograft
    • Patellar tendon
    • Hamstring tendon
  • Allograft
    • Achilles tendon
    • Patellar tendon
  • Synthetic substitutes
    • e.g. Dacron - no longer used due to poor clinical results
    • Polyethylene terephthalate (Leeds-Keio Ligament)
      • Woven porous tube
      • Allows ingrowth of tissue
    • Polypropylene (Kennedy ligament augmentation device)
      • Diamond-braided cylindrical prosthesis
      • Designed to be implanted with biological grafts
    • Polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex)
      • Looped fibres, joined to form a braid

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