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The combined effects of irradiation and herpes simplex virus type 1 infection on an immortal gingival cell line
Influence of internal mammary artery retractor on postoperative patient comfort and quality of life.
How to Improve the Prediction of Quadrupled Semitendinosus and Gracilis Autograft Sizes With Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasonography
Can We Accurately Predict the Quadruple Hamstring Graft Diameter From Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
Effets d’une administration locale de tramadol sur les comportements nociceptifs induits par le glutamate périphérique chez la souris
Does bone impaction technique reduce tunnel enlargement in ACL reconstruction?
The aim of this study was to investigate effects of bone impaction technique on tunnel enlargement after ACL reconstruction at a minimum 2 years follow-up. Two groups of patients who had been operated upon with the same arthroscopic technique with the exception of tibial tunnel constitution were compared. Twenty-one patients of group A (drilling to 6 mm followed enlargement to 8–9 mm by using dilators) and 23 patients of group B (directly drilling to the size of the graft) were evaluated clinically and radiographically based on multislice computerised tomography (MSCT) retrospectively. At follow-up, there was no statistical difference between tunnel diameters between two groups at the femoral site, but significant difference at the tibial site (p = 0.00192 for coronal; p = 0.0171 for sagittal diameter). Both groups were comparable according pre- and postoperative Lysholm and IKDC scores (p < 0.5 Mann-Whitney U test). Compacted tunnel walls may resist enlargement, suggesting this technique resulted in better tunnel diameter values especially with intratunnel fixation