Tibial inlay technique using hamstring graft for posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and remnant revision.

ABSTRACT: The posterior tibial inlay technique is currently accepted as a standard operation for the posterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee. The classical technique requires a graft construct consisting of a bony part to be fitted into the posterior tibial socket. When an autogenous source is chosen, morbidity at the donor site generated by obtaining the graft with a bony part (e.g., bone-patellar tendon-bone or quadriceps tendon-bone) can be more serious than when obtaining the soft-tissue graft (e.g., hamstring). This study describes an alternative use of soft-tissue graft anchored in a bone socket at the posterior tibial margin by a transfixing cancellous screw. The graft is secured on top by a "bone washer" harvested from this bone socket to provide biological bone-tendon-bone healing. The p

SUBMITTER: Laupattarakasem W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3678603 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature