Endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a modified technique for graft passage.
This article describes a simple technique for graft passage during endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. A 0.62 Kirschner wire is used to create a composite graft from either an Achilles tendon allograft or bone--patellar tendon--bone graft. This composite graft is then passed (linearly) from the tibial tunnel to the femoral tunnel without disturbing the soft tissue in the lateral thigh.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-6902.
D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D001182:Arthroscopy; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation*