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Mario Carneiro1, Ricardo Dizioli Navarro, Gilberto Yoshinobu Nakama, João Mauricio Barretto, Antonio Altenor Bessa de Queiroz, Marcus Vinicius Malheiro Luzo.
Abstract
In this article, an original double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction technique is described. The procedure is developed using hamstring tendon grafts while maintaining tibial osseous insertion. Two tibial tunnels are drilled and a simplified and precise outside-in double tunnel femoral drilling technique is utilized. The graft fixation is made using only two interference screws.Mesh:
Year: 2008 PMID: 18839147 DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0627-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc ISSN: 0942-2056 Impact factor: 4.342