Grid and Image Intensifier Improve Arthroscopic ACL Tunnel Position and Patient-Reported Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the accuracy in the femoral and tibial tunnel placement after the use of fluoroscopy along with an indigenously designed grid method to assist in arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction as compared with the tunnel placement without using them and to validate the findings with computed tomography scan performed postoperatively along with assessing the functional outcome at a minimum of 3 years of follow-up.

Methods

This was a prospective study conducted on patients who underwent primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Patients were included and segregated into a nonfluoroscopy (group B) and a fluoroscopy group (group A), and both had postoperative computed tomography scans so that femoral and tibial tunnel position could be evalua

SUBMITTER: Kumar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10123436 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature