Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tunnel Placement Using the Pathfinder Guide

Reconstruction techniques for the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) have evolved considerably over the past 3 decades. The femoral tunnel is most commonly made via a transtibial or separate anteromedial portal approach. Benefits and drawbacks for each of these techniques exist. Improper tunnel placem...

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Autores principales: Patel, Karan A., Chhabra, Anikar, Makovicka, Justin L., Bingham, Joshua, Piasecki, Dana P., Hartigan, David E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Technical Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29354431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2017.05.009
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Sumario:Reconstruction techniques for the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) have evolved considerably over the past 3 decades. The femoral tunnel is most commonly made via a transtibial or separate anteromedial portal approach. Benefits and drawbacks for each of these techniques exist. Improper tunnel placement is the cause of failure for ACL reconstruction 70% of the time. We present a hybrid technique for femoral tunnel placement using the Pathfinder ACL guide, which attempts to give the surgeon many of the benefits of both the transtibial and anteromedial portal techniques without the drawbacks.

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