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- Title
Arthroscopic double bundle ACL reconstruction using a bone patellar tendon bone—gracilis tendon composite autograft: a technical note.
- Authors
Kwang Am Jung; Su Chan Lee; Moon Bok Song; Choon Key Lee
- Abstract
The authors devised an alternative arthroscopic double bundle ACL reconstruction technique using a bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB)–gracilis tendon composite autograft. One tibial and two femoral tunnels were used to reconstruct two bundles of anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) [an anteromedial bundle (AM) and a post-erolateral bundle (PL)]. BTBB was fixed in the tunnels produced on the isometric points of the tibia and femur using the conventional technique. The gracilis tendon was then fixed in a PL tunnel produced using the outside-in technique. The authors consider that the devised technique based on a combination of autogenous bone patellar bone graft and gracilis tendon, can minimize tunnel widening post-operatively, allow easier revision should the reconstructed ACL fail, and also provides an alternative means of restoring rotation stability.
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2008, Vol 16, Issue 4, p382
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-007-0451-4