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Editorial Commentary: Buckle Up Surgeons: "Safety Belt" Reinforcement of Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Grafts.

Arthroscopy 2018 Februrary
Safety belt, or cerclage, reinforcement of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) grafts may protect against various modes of failure including creep and irreversible stretch, traumatic tearing, and slippage of the tendon-bone interface. A time-zero, biomechanical study shows that suture reinforcement may protect small and vulnerable hamstring ACL reconstruction grafts from these various modes of failure. Thus, in vivo comparative outcome analysis is indicated to determine if the benefits of reinforcement translate from the benchtop to the operating room.

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