ARTHROSCOPIC POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION USING 4-STRAND HAMSTRING TENDON GRAFT AND INTERFERENCE SCREWS

Authors
PINCZEWSKI LA THURESSON P OTTO D NYQUIST F
Citation
La. Pinczewski et al., ARTHROSCOPIC POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION USING 4-STRAND HAMSTRING TENDON GRAFT AND INTERFERENCE SCREWS, Arthroscopy, 13(5), 1997, pp. 661-665
Citations number
57
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Arthroscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
07498063
Volume
13
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
661 - 665
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-8063(1997)13:5<661:APCLRU>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We describe an arthroscopic technique for reconstruction of the poster ior cruciate ligament (PCL) using a four-strand hamstring tendon graft . The femoral tunnel is drilled via the anterolateral portal and the t ibial tunnel through the skin incision from the graft harvest. The gra ft is pulled through the tunnels with pullout sutures and fastened wit h interference screws. The results to date are good and the procedure can often be performed as day surgery.