Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics (Jan 2023)

Surgical technique: posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction using double posteromedial arthroscopic portals

  • Gian Andrea Lucidi,
  • Romain Seil,
  • Piero Agostinone,
  • Cécile Toanen,
  • Alberto Grassi,
  • Stefano Zaffagnini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40634-023-00698-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction is a technically demanding surgical procedure that requires optimal identification of both the femoral and the tibial anatomical footprints. To aid the tibial tunnel placement and many authors recommend creating a posteromedial (PM) portal. The further addition of a second PM portal, which could be used as a “working portal”, may further allow a more straightforward reconstruction by improving the identification of the anatomical footprint, the clearing of the stump, and the graft passage.