In testing biomechanical properties of irradiated tendons, Balsly et al. (2008) reported no change in graft strength or elastic modulus for bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) grafts, anterior tibialis tendons, semitendinosus tendons, or fascia lata soft tissue grafts when treated with sterilizing, low dose (18.3-21.8 kGy) gamma irradiation at dry ice temperatures. Likewise, Greaves et al. (2008) investigated the biomechanical properties of low dose (14.6-18.0 kGy) gamma irradiation on tibialis tendon allografts. In this matched pair study, 63 tibialis tendons were irradiated on dry ice while the contralateral tendons from the same respective donors were not irradiated. The study found that low dose irradiation did not significantly affect the failure load of either single stranded or double stranded tibialis tendon grafts (Table 1 ).