Limitlaohaphan Chalermchai, Kijkunasatian Chusak, Saitongdee Porncharn
Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
J Med Assoc Thai. 2009 Dec;92 Suppl 6:S200-3.
Hamstring tendon has been more popularly used in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Quadruple semitendinosus graft had some benefits and decreased the donor site morbidity.
This study presented the length of semitendinosus and gracilis in Thai people and used the leg length to estimate the tendon graft length.
Eighty five knees of adult cadaver in both sexes were measured length of semitendinosus and gracilis. The leg length was measured and calculated the correlation between graft length and leg length.
The length of semitendinosus in male and female were 24.33 and 21.89 centimeters. The length of gracilis in male and female were 17.98 and 16.55 centimeters respectively. There were moderate correlation between grafts length and leg length.
Thai people should use both of semitendinosus and gracilis in ACL reconstruction and leg length can effectively use as the predictor of graft length.
腘绳肌腱在前交叉韧带重建中应用更为广泛。四股半腱肌移植物有一些优点，并降低了供区发病率。
本研究呈现了泰国人群半腱肌和股薄肌的长度，并使用腿长来估计肌腱移植物的长度。
测量85具成年男女尸体膝关节的半腱肌和股薄肌长度。测量腿长，并计算移植物长度与腿长之间的相关性。
男性和女性的半腱肌长度分别为24.33厘米和21.89厘米。男性和女性的股薄肌长度分别为17.98厘米和16.55厘米。移植物长度与腿长之间存在中度相关性。
泰国人在前交叉韧带重建中应同时使用半腱肌和股薄肌，腿长可有效用作移植物长度的预测指标。
