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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 11/2015

01-11-2015 | Knee

Combined anterolateral ligament and anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee

Authors: James O. Smith, Sam K. Yasen, Breck Lord, Adrian J. Wilson

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 11/2015

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Abstract

Although anatomic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is established for the surgical treatment of anterolateral knee instability, there remains a significant cohort of patients who continue to experience post-operative instability. Recent advances in our understanding of the anatomic, biomechanical and radiological characteristics of the native anterolateral ligament (ALL) of the knee have led to a resurgent interest in reconstruction of this structure as part of the management of knee instability. This technical note describes our readily reproducible combined minimally invasive technique to reconstruct both the ACL and ALL anatomically using autologous semitendinosus and gracilis grafts. This method of ALL reconstruction can be easily integrated with all-inside ACL reconstruction, requiring minimal additional operative time, equipment and expertise.
Level of evidence V.
Footnotes
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An online video demonstration of this combined technique can be viewed at: https://​www.​vumedi.​com/​video/​combined-all-inside-acl-anterolateral-ligament-reconstruction/​.
 
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Metadata
Title
Combined anterolateral ligament and anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee
Authors
James O. Smith
Sam K. Yasen
Breck Lord
Adrian J. Wilson
Publication date
01-11-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 11/2015
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-015-3783-5

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