Revision of failed-posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction due to tibial tunnel misplacement: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction failure is a rare condition found. The failure caused by some factors, including improper graft tunnel placement. Although the proper tibial tunnel placement in PCL reconstruction is still controversial, make the tunnel placement anatomically essential to decrease the risk of failure. The use of PCL jig only to guide the direction of tibial tunnel does not always give good results.

Presentation of case

We report a case of 29 year old male with total rupture of ACL and PCL that underwent reconstruction for both ligaments. We found the failure of the PCL graft 2 years after the surgery was related to the tibial tunnel placement which was placed not in proper anatomical site. We performed revision PCL surgery with tr

SUBMITTER: Lubis AMT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6859588 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature