Editorial Commentary: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Tunnel Mismatch: The Long and Short of It

Checkpoints for judging tunnel and anterior cruciate ligament graft placement.

This article examines how the relationship between sagittal and coronal anatomy, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft dimensions, and tibial and femoral tunnel placement affects the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and roof impingement, and their undesirable clinical consequences of motion loss and instability. Based on these interrelationships, a variety of checkpoints are defined that can ...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft

Research Assistant, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group. The goal of this study was to develop a new implantable transducer for measuring anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft tension postoperatively in patients who have undergone ACL reconstructive surgery. A unique approach was taken of integrating J. Wolcllok the transducer into a femoral fixation device. To devise a practical in vivo cal...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Choices

CONTEXT Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common surgical procedure; however, there is no consensus to what the best graft option is to replace the injured ACL. The main options available consist of allografts and autografts, which include patellar tendon, hamstring tendon, and quadriceps tendon autografts. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION The PubMed database was searched in Aug...

Prevention of graft-tunnel mismatch during anatomical anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a bone-patellar tendon-bone graft.

Graft-tunnel mismatch of the bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) graft is a major concern during anatomical anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction if the femoral tunnel is positioned using a far medial portal technique, as the femoral tunnel tends to be shorter compared with that positioned using a transtibial portal technique. This study describes an accurate method of calculating the id...

The Effect of Anterior Cruciate Ligament In Situ Graft Force on Graft-Tunnel Incorporation Following Reconstruction