<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nikolaou, Vassilios S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Efstathopoulos, Nicolas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sourlas, Ioannis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pilichou, Anastasia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papachristou, Georgios</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anatomic double-bundle versus single-bundle ACL reconstruction: a comparative biomechanical study in rabbits.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Animals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anterior Cruciate Ligament</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arthrometry, Articular</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biomechanical Phenomena</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hindlimb</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Models, Animal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patellar Ligament</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rabbits</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Range of Motion, Articular</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tendon Transfer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tendons</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transplantation, Autologous</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009 Aug</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">895-906</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thirty New Zealand white rabbits underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in their right knees; 15 animals underwent a double-bundle anatomic ACL reconstruction using the medial third of the patellar tendon and the semitendinosus tendon. Additionally, 15 animals underwent ACL reconstruction, using a single-bundle semitendinosus tendon autograft. The knees of both groups were evaluated with a device similar to the KT1000 arthrometer onto which a dial indicator was attached (Mitutoyo dial indicator 2050) in 30 degrees and 90 degrees of flexion, preoperatively, after ACL resection and 3 months postoperatively. Statistical analysis of the results revealed that for 90 degrees of knee flexion, the mean estimated anterior shift for the double-bundle technique was 1.92 mm lesser than that of the single-bundle technique (P = 0.006). For 30 degrees of knee flexion, the mean anterior shift was again lesser than that of the single-bundle technique by 0.66 mm, but this difference was not statistically significant. The described double-bundle ACL reconstruction technique resulted in a more stable knee as far as the anterior tibial shift was concerned as compared to a single-bundle ACL reconstruction. This animal model may be potentially useful in the future for the study of other parameters influencing the outcome of the double-bundle ACL reconstruction.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19290508?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>