title: From open to arthroscopic anatomical ACL-reconstructions: the long way round. A statement paper.
abstract: The single-incision anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction evidently has its shortcomings. In an attempt to improve the biomechanical but also the biological state of the knees after an ACL-reconstruction, double, even triple-bundle reconstructions have been popularised recently. As a positive side effect, details concerning ACL-insertion anatomy were brought back into the focus. In our opinion it would be more straight forward and logical to replace the non-anatomical single-incision technique with a more anatomic single-bundle ACL-reconstruction technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland. markus.arnold@ksbh.ch
authors.forename: Markus P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Niklaus F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Friederich
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hirschmann
mesh_terms: D059549:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D001182:Arthroscopy; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans