Resumen
The replacement of autografts with allografts from organ banks in ligament reconstruction is a hot topic in medicine. The demand for ACL allografts has increased in the last decade, and postoperative results are promising. This is visible in the increase in allograft use from 2% (between 1986 and 1996) to 14% (between 1996 and 2001), and it further increased around 2007 as its number reached 20?30% in the US. Orthopedic surgeons do not have to struggle with the problems of the donor site, size and the number of the grafts. In the case of multiple ligament reconstruction or ACL revision operations, the surgeons cannot remove enough tendons from the patients to replace the injured ligaments. Our work can help operating surgeons in the selection of proper allografts based on precise mechanical properties provided by our statistically evaluated measurements.