Muscle Preservation Hamstring Graft for ACL Reconstruction

Hanyang University Seoul Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Graft Healing

Treatments: Procedure: No muscle preservation; Procedure: Muscle preservation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03998904

muscle preservation study

Details and patient eligibility

About

• Muscle derived stem cell is a better source of stem cells than a tendon tissue
• Preservation of muscle derived stem cell may enhance bone-tendon integration and ligamentization of ACL hamstring graft

Enrollment: 28 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary ACL reconstruction using autogenous hamstring graft

Exclusion criteria

• Combined meniscal or ligament surgery
• Combined osteoarthritis (KL grade II or more)
• chondral injury more than grade 2
• Refuse to undergo MRI

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Muscle preservation

Experimental group

Description:

Muscle preservation for hamsting graft

Treatment:

Procedure: Muscle preservation

None preservation

Active Comparator group

Description:

No muscle preservation for hamstring graft

Treatment:

Procedure: No muscle preservation