Tibial bone plug nonunion: a cause of anterior cruciate ligament reconstructive failure.
Anterior tibial tunnel placement contributed to the failure of two previous anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions. An allograft patellar bone-tendon-bone nonunion within the tibial tunnel caused dysfunctional ligament laxity. This is the first report of this type of reconstructive cruciate ligament failure.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208.
D000328:Adult; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000637:transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous