From Ankle to Knee: Donor-Site Morbidity after Peroneus Longus Tendon Graft for ACL Reconstruction Assessed by the Kitaoka Ankle-Hindfoot Score – A Prospective Cohort Study
Pradeep Patel, Jeetendra Singh Lodhi, Vishnu Jayaprakasan, Salman Khan, H S Varma · 2026
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Description
Pradeep Patel and four co-authors checked the ankle cost of borrowing a tendon for knee repair in a 2026 study. Surgeons rebuild torn knee ligaments with the peroneus longus tendon from the ankle more and more, yet patients may pay with a weak or sore ankle. The team tracked donor ankle health with a standard score over six months.
Forty five patients with lone knee tears and clean ankles had the graft taken from their own legs. Ankle scores started at a perfect mark, dipped to near seventy one at two weeks, then climbed back through one and three months. At six months the mean sat near ninety nine, a shift too small to count as real harm. The authors call the donor price brief and mild.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pradeep Patel, Jeetendra Singh Lodhi, Vishnu Jayaprakasan, Salman Khan, H S Varma |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |