Open AccessPeroneus longus tendon autograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a safe and effective alternative in nonathletic patients
Author(s) -
Sachin Joshi,
Utsav C Shetty,
M D Salim,
Naveen Meena,
Rajeev Kumar,
Varush K V Rao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_22_20
Subject(s) - medicine , peroneus longus , anterior cruciate ligament , lachman test , surgery , orthopedic surgery , ankle , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common injury which has been conventionally managed by various graft reconstruction using bone patellar tendon bone, or quadruple hamstring autograft, to name a few. However, all these grafts are associated with many complications. Lately, peroneus longus tendon (PLT) autograft has shown promising results in this field, although there is still a dearth of data on its use. We, therefore, aimed at carrying out a study to evaluate the functional outcome and knee stability results of ACL reconstruction using PLT graft.