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CC BY-NC-ND-license · Joints 2016; 04(04): 198-201
DOI: 10.11138/jts/2016.4.4.198
Original Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Correlation between body mass index and quadrupled hamstring tendon autograft size in ACL reconstruction

Zafer Atbaşi
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ankara Mevki Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
,
Ersin Erçin
2   Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Yusuf Erdem
3   Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Gulhane Military Academy, Ankara, Turkey
,
Tuluhan Yunus Emre
4   Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Acibadem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Halis Atil Atilla
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ankara Mevki Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
,
Adem Parlak
5   President Guard Regimen, Ankara, Turkey
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Publication Date:
15 September 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Purpose: the aim of this study was to assess the relationship of patient weight, height and body mass index (BMI) with the size of the quadrupled hamstring tendon used in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.

Methods: from patient records, we retrospectively assessed the weight, height, BMI and graft sizes of 126 patients who underwent ACL reconstruction using a quadrupled hamstring tendon autograft between January 2010 and January 2013 at our institution. The data obtained from perioperative measurements were studied using correlation analysis.

Results: statistically significant relationships were found between patient height and graft diameter (p = 0.033, r = 0.19) and between patient weight and graft diameter (p < 0.0001, r = 0.33). No statistically significant relationships were found between graft diameter and BMI or between graft length and patient height, weight and BMI (p > 0.05).

Conclusions: patient height and weight were found to be related to quadrupled hamstring graft diameter in our patient population. BMI was not related to the quadrupled hamstring graft size. The exact size of the graft cannot be predicted preoperatively on the basis of these variables.

Level of evidence: Level IV, retrospective case series.

Key Words

body mass index - hamstring - tendon size - anterior cruciate ligament - reconstruction