摘要：ESTIMATING THE LENGTH AND DIAMETER OF HAMSTRING TENDONAUTOGRAFTS MAY BE IMPORTANT IN THE PREOPERATIVE PLANNING OFANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE KNEE. IN THIS STUDYWE AIMED TO IDENTIFY CORRELATIONS BETWEEN A NUMBER OFANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND THE SIZE OF SEMITENDINOSUS ANDGRACILIS TENDON AUTOGRAFTS.MATERIAL AND METHOD: THE STUDY INCLUDED 155 PATIENTS THATUNDERWENT ARTHROSCOPICALLY ASSISTED ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTRECONSTRUCTION USING HAMSTRING AUTOGRAFTS, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2012AND OCTOBER 2013. AVERAGE AGE OF THE PATIENTS WAS 26.7 ± 6.8 YEARS, WITH119 MALE AND 36 FEMALE PATIENTS. ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS WERERECORDED PREOPERATIVELY – WE DETERMINED PATIENT HEIGHT, WEIGHT,BODY MASS INDEX, LEG AND THIGH LENGTH, AND THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE 10CM ABOVE THE PATELLA. THE LENGTH AND DIAMETER OF SEMITENDINOSUSAND GRACILIS TENDON AUTOGRAFTS WERE DETERMINED INTRA-OPERATIVELY.WE CALCULATED THE PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (R) CONSIDERINGANTHROPOMETRIC DATA AS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES AND GRAFT SIZE AS THEDEPENDENT VARIABLE.
