Correlation between anthropometric data and length and thickness of the tendons of the semitendinosus and gracilis muscles used for grafts in reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

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• 作者：Rafael Noschang Pereira ; ^{rafanp@terra.com.br" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Francisco Consoli Karam ; Roberto Luí ; s Schwanke ; Rubens Millman ; Zilmar Minetto Foletto ; Carla Helena Augustin Schwanke
• 关键词：Anterior cruciate ligament ; Anthropometry ; Transplantation autologous ; Tendons
• 刊名：Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (English Edition)
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March-April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：51
• 期：2
• 页码：175-180
• 全文大小：1101 K

文摘

Preoperative estimation of the length and diameter of the semitendinosus (ST) and gracilis (G) tendons can assist surgeons and allow them to have the opportunity to choose alternative grafts. The aim of this study was to investigate whether anthropometric measurements such as height, weight and body mass index (BMI) or the patient's age and sex have any correlation with the thickness and the length of ST and G tendons.

Methods

Data were gathered from 64 patients who underwent the surgical procedure of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using the tendons of the ST and G muscles as grafts, between June 2012 and August 2013. Variables such as age, sex, weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and length and diameter of the tendons of the ST and G muscles were analyzed.

Results

There was a positive correlation between the height and total diameter of the quadruple graft (r = 0.254; p = 0.043), total length of the ST tendon (r = 0.450; p < 0.01), diameter of the double ST (r = 0.270; p = 0.031), triple ST (r = 0.347; p = 0.005), length of G tendon (r = 0.249; p = 0.047) and diameter of the double-G (r = 0.258; p = 0.039). However, age (r = -0.015; p = 0.908), weight (r = 0.165; p = 0.193) and body mass index (r = 0.012; p = 0.926) showed no correlation.

Conclusion

Our results show that age, weight and BMI did not correlate with the diameter and length of the graft, while the height had a positive correlation with the total length of the flexor tendons and the diameter of the graft from the flexors (ST and G).