Condition: ACL · Sponsor: Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is a major stabiliser of the knee. ACL rupture is being increasingly identified in children and skeletally immature patients. The current advice in younger patients is usually to undergo ACL reconstruction. The choice of an ideal graft in children is difficult This study will use a technique involves the use of hamstring tendons from a living donor, where the adult (usually a parent) agrees to donate their hamstring tendons, which are dissected out of them and implanted into the child
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Helen Sankey, MSc · 01892 635488 · h.sankey@nhs.net
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| Trauma & Orthopaedic Dept, Tunbridge Wells Hospital | Pembury, Kent, United Kingdom | Recruiting |
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