For an ACL rebuild, the Patellar Tendon beats out the Hamstring

Patellar Beats Hamstring for ACL Rebuild (MedPageToday)
This guest column is by C. David Geier Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, S.C. He writes about sports medicine on his website and on social media.
Should an orthopedic surgeon performing ACL reconstruction on a competitive athlete use a patellar tendon or hamstring graft?
It is an important question that has been debated for years. Numerous studies, including many randomized controlled trials, have aimed to analyze differences in patient outcomes after ACL reconstructions using patellar tendon and...