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- Title
Pullout reattachment of tibial avulsion fractures of the anterior cruciate ligament: a firm, effective suture-tying method using a tensioner.
- Authors
Kim, Young-Mo; Kim, Sung-Jae; Yang, Jun-Young; Kim, Kyung-Cheon
- Abstract
We describe a firm, effective suture-tying method using a tensioner for reattaching tibial avulsion fractures of the anterior cruciate ligament. Our simple method achieves strong, firm reattachment of the fracture. In addition, it prevents fixation loosening during suture tying effectively. Since pullout repair using nonabsorbable sutures is commonly used to fix various avulsion fractures, the tensioner helps attain strong, firm reattachment of avulsion fractures simply and effectively.
- Subjects
ANTERIOR cruciate ligament surgery; AVULSION fractures; OPERATIVE surgery; SUTURING; SUTURING instruments; RANGE of motion of joints
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2007, Vol 15, Issue 7, p847
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-007-0315-y