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All-Inside Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With a GraftLink.

ABSTRACT: Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstructions are challenging surgeries. Recent advances have included double-bundle PCL, arthroscopic inlay, and all-inside techniques. This technical note presents an anatomic, single-bundle, all-inside PCL reconstruction with an anterior tibialis allograft GraftLink construct. The surgery was performed with FlipCutter guide pins and ACL TightRope RT. The case involved a 22-year-old woman with an isolated grade 3 PCL tear that had failed nonoperative treatment. The technique described is minimally invasive.

SUBMITTER: Adler GG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3716209 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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All-Inside Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With a GraftLink.

Adler Gerard G GG

Arthroscopy techniques 20130329 2

Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstructions are challenging surgeries. Recent advances have included double-bundle PCL, arthroscopic inlay, and all-inside techniques. This technical note presents an anatomic, single-bundle, all-inside PCL reconstruction with an anterior tibialis allograft GraftLink construct. The surgery was performed with FlipCutter guide pins and ACL TightRope RT. The case involved a 22-year-old woman with an isolated grade 3 PCL tear that had failed nonoperative treatme ...[more]

PMID: 23875134

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