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Physeal Sparing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients Bridging the Tibial Physis With Two Divergent Tunnels.

ABSTRACT: A technique for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in patients with open physis is presented. The patient is positioned supine with the knee flexed 90°. After intraarticular injuries are addressed, an autologous hamstring graft is harvested and prepared using a suspension device attached in its expansion device. All-epiphyseal femoral and tibial tunnels of the same diameter of the graft are created; both of them are drilled in an outside-in direction, sparing the physis under radioscopic control. A second divergent tibial tunnel of the same diameter of the graft, distal to the physis, is created in an outside-in, mediolateral, and craniocaudal direction, leaving a 1-cm bone bridge between the 2 tibial tunnels. The graft is passed through the all-epiphyseal tunnels, from femoral to tibial, and pulled until the suspension device leans on the lateral femoral cortex. The graft is passed through the second divergent tibial tunnel and fixed in it with an interference screw to move the pressure away from the physis.

SUBMITTER: Espejo-Reina A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301271 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:PurposeThe purpose of this study was to use 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging modeling of the skeletally immature knee to help characterize safe and reproducible tunnel positions, diameters, lengths, trajectories, and distances from anatomic landmarks and the physeal and articular cartilage for physeal-sparing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery.MethodsMagnetic resonance imaging from 19 skeletally immature knees with normal anatomy were gathered. The 3-dimensional models were created, and the relevant anatomic structures were identified. Cylinders simulating tunnel length, diameter and trajectory were superimposed onto the models, and descriptive measurements were performed.ResultsA safe position for the creation of an 8 mm diameter femoral tunnel was described in the lateral femoral condyle. The femoral tunnel length averaged 25.5 ± 2.6 mm. The bony entry point was located 3.8 ± 2.4 mm proximally and 12.7 ± 2.2 mm posteriorly to the lateral epicondyle. The shortest distance from the tunnel edge to the physis and femoral articular cartilage was 2.8 ± 0.7 mm and 3.7 ± 0.9 mm, respectively. The safe position for an 8 mm diameter tibial tunnel was also identified and described in the proximal tibia. The epiphyseal tibial tunnel length from the ACL footprint to the physis averaged 15.5 ± 1.6 mm. The proximal tibial epiphysis was found to accommodate a tibial crosspin measuring 63.5 ± 5.9 mm in length and 8.2 ± 1.5 mm in diameter without disrupting the physis or articular cartilage.ConclusionsThree-dimensional modeling created from magnetic resonance imaging can help define important anatomic relationships for physeal-sparing ACL reconstructive surgery in skeletally immature knees and may assist in reducing the risk of injury to local anatomic structures.Clinical relevanceKnowledge of the anatomic relationships in skeletally immature knees serves as a valuable reference for surgeons performing physeal-sparing ACL reconstruction surgery.

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Physeal Sparing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients Bridging the Tibial Physis With Two Divergent Tunnels.

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