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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 88-B, Issue SUPP_III | Pages 426 - 426
1 Oct 2006
Ciardullo A Aglietti P Giron F Cuomo P Nannini S Violini S
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Thirty patients with chronic lesions of the ACL underwent reconstruction of the ACL with double bundle technique. A wire at 65° was used for AM tibial tunnel and a prototype was used for the PL. For femoral tunnels, a transtibial technique was applied in fifteen patients and the outside-in technique was used in fifteen more. All patients had an MRI after three months. The tunnels position was studied with Amis’ circle method, as a proportion of the circle’s height and width. We compared the proportion of the anatomical data on fourteen cadaveric knees. In the transtibial group the AM tunnel was at 56% of the circle’s height and at 65%of the depth (mean); the PL was at 40% of the circle’s height and 54% of the depth. In the out-side group the AM tunnel was 48%of the circle’s height and at 66% of the depth; the PL one was at 32%of the circle’s height and at 61%of the depth. In corpses the AM insertion was at 50% of the circle’s height and 69% of the depth (mean). In conclusion the outside-in technique allows better anatomical positioning.