Effects of remnant tissue preservation on the tendon autograft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Biomechanical and histological study with a sheep model

• Eiji Kondo,
• Tsuneari Takahashi,
• Shin Miyatake,
• Yasuyuki Kawaguchi,
• Jun Onodera,
• Nobuto Kitamura,
• Norimasa Iwasaki,
• Kazunori Yasuda

Affiliations

Eiji Kondo

Department of Advanced Therapeutic Research for Sports Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Tsuneari Takahashi

Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Shin Miyatake

Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Yasuyuki Kawaguchi

Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Jun Onodera

Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Nobuto Kitamura

Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Norimasa Iwasaki

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kazunori Yasuda

Department of Advanced Therapeutic Research for Sports Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan