title: Technical note: easy graft passage without posterior portals in PCL reconstruction.
abstract: Graft passage during arthroscopically assisted, single-bundle transtibial PCL reconstruction is a technically demanding surgical procedure. We propose the use of a so called Deschamps clamp, originally designed for cerclage wire transport, in combination with a meniscal repair needle with an eye. This facilitates easy passage of a pull-through needle and obviates extensive debridement of the tibial insertion. Posterior portals are not needed.
authors.affiliation: Sint Maartenskliniek, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, P.O. Box 9011, 6500 GM Nijmegen, The Netherlands. cmvandenbroek@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Chris M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: van den Broek
authors.forename: Tony G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: van Tienen
authors.forename: Koen C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Defoort
authors.forename: Ate B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Wymenga
mesh_terms: D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001864:Bone Wires; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016119:Posterior Cruciate Ligament; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery