TY - JOUR
T1 - Anatomic Double-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Double-Double Tunnel With Tibial Anterior and Posterior Fresh-Frozen Allograft
AU - Makino, Arturo
AU - Aponte Tinao, Luis
AU - Ayerza, Miguel Angel
AU - Garrido, Cecilia Pascual
AU - Paz, Matias Costa
AU - Muscolo, Domingo Luis
PY - 2006/6/1
Y1 - 2006/6/1
N2 - Abstract: Techniques for the reconstruction of knee ligaments must restore the injured knee to a satisfactory level of performance. For this, a precise anatomic reconstruction is necessary. Many arthroscopic techniques for reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) have been reported to restore the normal anatomy of the intact PCL using a double-bundle reconstruction with a Y-shaped tendon graft (2 femoral tunnel and 1 tibial tunnel). However, this procedure is sometimes difficult because the graft must be tightened in different grades of flexion to obtain complete strength of both bundles. We thought that double-bundle PCL reconstruction using double-double tunnels (2 femoral and 2 tibial tunnels) would allow an anatomic reconstruction, restoring better knee biomechanics, and probably improving patient outcome.
AB - Abstract: Techniques for the reconstruction of knee ligaments must restore the injured knee to a satisfactory level of performance. For this, a precise anatomic reconstruction is necessary. Many arthroscopic techniques for reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) have been reported to restore the normal anatomy of the intact PCL using a double-bundle reconstruction with a Y-shaped tendon graft (2 femoral tunnel and 1 tibial tunnel). However, this procedure is sometimes difficult because the graft must be tightened in different grades of flexion to obtain complete strength of both bundles. We thought that double-bundle PCL reconstruction using double-double tunnels (2 femoral and 2 tibial tunnels) would allow an anatomic reconstruction, restoring better knee biomechanics, and probably improving patient outcome.
KW - Allograft
KW - Double-double bundle reconstruction
KW - Knee
KW - Posterior cruciate ligament
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.08.055
DO - 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.08.055
M3 - Article
C2 - 16762716
AN - SCOPUS:33744534979
SN - 0749-8063
VL - 22
SP - 684.e1-684.e5
JO - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
JF - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
IS - 6
ER -