Open AccessTrans-tibial guide wire placement for femoral tunnel in single bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Author(s) -
S.M. Sinha,
Amruta Naik,
C S Arya,
R.R. Arya,
Vijay Kumar Jain,
Gaurav A. Upadhyay
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.156224
Subject(s) - coronal plane , medicine , sagittal plane , anterior cruciate ligament , radiography , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction , orthopedic surgery , orthodontics , surgery , anatomy
Femoral tunnel location is of critical importance for successful outcome of ACL reconstruction. The aim was to study the femoral tunnel created by placing free hand guide wire through tibial tunnel, using the toggle of the guide wire in the tibial tunnel to improve femoral tunnel location.