Commercially Available Guides Overestimate Socket Length During Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligament Socket Retrograde Drilling.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To objectively assess the accuracy of socket measurements taken during cruciate ligament reconstruction using a retrograde reaming technique.

Methods

Six complete knee sawbone specimens were used to ream anterior and posterior cruciate ligament sockets in the femur and tibia in a retrograde fashion using a standard retrograde reaming device. The longest and shortest sides of the sockets were measured using a ruler. One-sided Wilcoxon signed-rank sum tests were used to evaluate whether the actual measured socket length matched the estimated length set on the drill guide.

Results

One fellowship-trained surgeon reamed 24 total sockets in sawbone specimens using guides. Statistical analysis revealed a significant difference between the estimated measurement and th

SUBMITTER: McDermott ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11480783 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature