Influence of change of tunnel axis angle on tunnel length during double-bundle ACL reconstruction via the transportal technique.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
; 18(1): 237, 2017 05 31.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Commercially available flexible reamer and curved guide systems allow a certain degree of control over intra-articular tunnel orientation, therefore allows a wide range of intra-osseous femoral tunnel orientations, contrary to the femoral tunneling technique using a straight guide pin, which are determined by knee flexion angle. We sought to find the clinical relevance of intra-osseous femoral tunnel orientations in the respect of tunnel length. To evaluate the relationship between the tunnel axis angle in three orthogonal planes and tunnel length in the anteromedial (AM) and posterolateral (PL) femoral tunnels in patients who underwent anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (DB-ACLR) using the transportal (TP) technique with a 42o curved guide.METHODS:
A total of 40 patients who underwent primary DB-ACLR with the TP technique using a curved guide were evaluated retrospectively. The tunnel axis angle in three orthogonal planes were evaluated on a three-dimensional surface model constructed using an axial computed tomography scan obtained after reconstruction. Then, correlations with tunnel length were analyzed.RESULTS:
In the AM tunnel, tunnel axis angles in the coronal (ß = 0.0252, p = 0.022) and sagittal (ß = 0.0168, p = 0.029) plane showed significant correlations with tunnel length, while the axial plane did not (p = 0.493) (adjusted R2 = 0.801). In the PL tunnel, only tunnel axis angles in the axial plane (ß = 0.0262, p = 0.008) showed a significant relationship with tunnel length (adjusted R2 = 0.700).CONCLUSION:
Drilling at a higher angle in the coronal and sagittal planes in AM tunnels and at a higher angle in the axial plane in PL tunnels decreases the incidence of short femoral tunnels.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Monitorização Intraoperatória
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Fêmur
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Reconstrução do Ligamento Cruzado Anterior
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Lesões do Ligamento Cruzado Anterior
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Assunto da revista:
FISIOLOGIA
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ORTOPEDIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Coréia do Sul