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- Title
Arthroscopic treatment of a large lateral femoral notch in acute anterior cruciate ligament tear.
- Authors
Tauber, Mark; Fox, Michael; Koller, Heiko; Klampfer, Helmut; Resch, Herbert
- Abstract
A 24-year-old professional soccer player suffered an acute anterior cruciate ligament tear associated with a radiologically evident impression fracture of the lateral femoral condyle, the so-called “lateral femoral notch sign”. Following MRI validation of the injury with detection of an additional lateral meniscus tear, arthroscopy was carried out 3 days after the injury. Due to the extended impression of about 5 mm, arthroscopically assisted closed reduction of the depression fracture was performed. A 3.2 mm tunnel was drilled at the lateral femoral condyle in a supero-inferior direction using an ACL tibial guide and the depressed area could be restored using an elevator. The resulting subchondral bone defect in the femoral condyle was filled with freeze–dried human cancellous bone allograft. As a one-stage procedure ACL reconstruction was carried out using a hamstring tendon technique. At 1-year follow up the patient has returned to full sporting function, including playing soccer with a radiographically reduced lateral femoral notch sign.
- Subjects
ANTERIOR cruciate ligament; ARTHROSCOPY; OPERATIVE surgery; ORTHOPEDIC surgery; TREATMENT of fractures; SOCCER players
- Publication
Archives of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery, 2008, Vol 128, Issue 11, p1313
- ISSN
0936-8051
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00402-007-0535-0