1. DARTHROSCOPIC DOUBLE- BUNDLE RECONSTRUCTION OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT USING HAMSTRING TENDON GRAFTS - FIXATION WITH TWO INTERFERENCE SCREWS
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João Maurício Barretto, Antonio Altenor Bessa de Queiroz, Gilberto Yoshinobu Nakama, Ricardo Dizioli Navarro, Mario Carneiro, and Marcus Vinicius Malheiro Luzo
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Nota Tecnica ,Knee injuries ,musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Anterior cruciate ligament ,General Medicine ,Interference screws ,Surgical procedures ,musculoskeletal system ,Surgery ,Fixation (surgical) ,Gracilis tendon ,Double bundle ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Medicine ,Knee ,Hamstring tendon ,Tibial bone ,business - Abstract
Surgical procedures for double-bundle reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament, which currently use semitendinous and gracilis tendon grafts, have been described in the last decade. Most of the techniques utilize twice the hardware used in single-bundle reconstructions. We report an original anterior cruciate ligament double-bundle reconstruction technique using semitendinous and gracilis tendon grafts, maintaining their tibial bone insertions with two tibial and two femoral tunnels. A simplified and precise outside-in femoral drilling technique is utilized, and the graft fixation is made utilizing only two interference screws.
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- 2009
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