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Aim: To evaluate the post-operative bleeding in patients who had unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) combined with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and the affect of graft type on bleeding. Patients and methods: The patients who had UKA comprised in Group A and the patients who had UKA combined ACL reconstruction comprised in Group B.  The patients, who participated in Group B, are also evaluated in 2 groups according to the used grafts such as allograft and hamstring tendon graft (HTG). The drainage was recorded for 24 hours in groups. Results: Group A was comprised of 28 and group B was comprised of 18 patients. Groups were comparable according to the age, sex, weight and  height. There was no statistical significance between the groups according to the measured bleeding (p=0.86). In Group B, the measured bleeding was more in allograft used patients with a statistical significance (p=0.043). But, there was no statistical significance in measured bleeding with Group A and HTG, allograft used patients (p= 0.058 and p = 0.65). Conclusion:  The bleeding is negligible and no additive affect on bleeding when UKA is combined with ACL reconstruction, especially when allograft is used.

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