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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Volume 37, Issue 10, Pages 1904-1911Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509340768
Keywords
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); reconstruction; graft placement; osteoarthritis; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); computer modeling; transtibial technique; single-bundle reconstruction
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Background: Recent studies have questioned the ability of the transtibial technique to place the anterior cruciate ligament graft within the footprint of the anterior cruciate ligament on the femur. There are limited data directly comparing the abilities of transtibial and tibial tunnel-independent techniques to place the graft anatomically at the femoral attachment site of the anterior cruciate ligament in patients. Hypothesis: Because placement with the tibial tunnel-independent technique is unconstrained by the tibial tunnel, it would allow for more anatomic tunnel placement compared with the transtibial technique. Study Design: Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3. Methods: High-resolution, multiplanar magnetic resonance imaging and advanced 3-dimensional modeling techniques were used to measure in vivo femoral tunnel placement in 8 patients with the transtibial technique and 8 patients with a tibial tunnel independent technique. Femoral tunnel placement in 3 dimensions was measured relative to the center of the native anterior cruciate ligament attachment on the intact contralateral knee. Results: The tibial tunnel-independent technique placed the graft closer to the center of the native anterior cruciate ligament attachment compared with the transtibial technique. The transtibial technique placed the tunnel center an average of 9 mm from the center of the anterior cruciate ligament attachment, compared with 3 mm for the tibial tunnel-independent technique. The transtibial technique resulted in a more anterior and superior placement of the tunnel compared with the tibial tunnel independent technique. Conclusion: The tibial tunnel-independent technique allowed for more anatomic femoral tunnel placement compared with the transtibial technique.
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