Percutaneous Medial Collateral Ligament Release Improves Medial Compartment Access During Knee Arthroscopy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To quantify intraoperative joint space widening afforded by the outside-in, percutaneous release of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and to evaluate its impact on medial compartment width and functional outcomes at 6-week follow-up for patients undergoing a partial medial meniscectomy without postoperative bracing.

Methods

Patients with posteromedial meniscus tears and no evidence of ipsilateral knee pathology, undergoing partial medial meniscectomy, were enrolled. Intraoperatively, medial compartment width was quantified with fluoroscopy before and after the percutaneous MCL release with an 18-gauge spinal needle proximal to the joint line. At 6-week follow-up, valgus stress radiographs re-evaluated medial compartment width. International Knee Documentation Comm

SUBMITTER: Moran TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7879174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature