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2013, Number 2

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Acta Ortop Mex 2013; 27 (2)

The boyfriend catcher. A useful, easy and safe technique to harvest the semitendinous and gracilis autograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Salas AP, Benavente-Fuentes R, Garza-Moreno CA, González-Aguilar JL

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 92-96
PDF size: 135.51 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Harvesting the semitendinousgracilis autograft has always been a challenge. Numerous techniques have been described, most of them using a needle. The boyfriend catcher technique or hitch is a quick, useful, safe and needlefree technique that does not harm the tendon and avoids punctures.


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