Intraoperative graft decontamination during ACL reconstruction surgery

Abstract Objective To evaluate different decontaminants for tendon grafts, proposing an antiseptic protocol for contaminated grafts. Methods A total of 25 patients were tissue donors for the study. Each participant donated a 2.5-cm tendon sample, which was divided into 5 fragments with 5 mm each d...

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Main Authors: Roberto Cunha Luciano, Ígor Severino Macedo, Rafael Henrique Naves Pereira, Daniel Barros Pereira, Dyego Vilela Luciano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbort/v55n4/1982-4378-rbort-55-04-0410.pdf