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Arthroscopic repair of "peel-off" lesion of the posterior cruciate ligament at the femoral condyle.

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Rosso, F; Bisicchia, S; Amendola, A
Published in: Arthrosc Tech
February 2014

Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries are uncommon, and most occur in association with other lesions. The treatment of PCL injuries remains controversial; in addition, PCL injuries have been documented to have a propensity to heal. In the literature several different patterns of PCL injury have been described including midsubstance tears/injuries, tibial bony avulsions, femoral bony avulsions, and femoral "peel-off" injuries. A peel-off injury is a complete or incomplete soft-tissue disruption of the PCL at its femoral attachment site without associated bony avulsion. In recent years arthroscopic repair of femoral avulsion and peel-off lesions of the PCL has been reported. In most of these articles, a transosseous repair with sutures passed through 2 bone tunnels into the medial femoral condyle has been described. We present a case of a femoral PCL avulsion in a 20-year-old collegiate football player with an associated medial collateral ligament injury, and we report about a novel technique for PCL repair using 2 No. 2 FiberWire sutures and two 2.9-mm PushLock anchors (Arthrex) to secure tensioning the ligament at its footprint.

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Arthrosc Tech

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2212-6287

Publication Date

February 2014

Volume

3

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e149 / e154

Location

Netherlands

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  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Rosso, F., Bisicchia, S., & Amendola, A. (2014). Arthroscopic repair of "peel-off" lesion of the posterior cruciate ligament at the femoral condyle. Arthrosc Tech, 3(1), e149–e154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2013.09.014
Rosso, Federica, Salvatore Bisicchia, and Annunziato Amendola. “Arthroscopic repair of "peel-off" lesion of the posterior cruciate ligament at the femoral condyle.Arthrosc Tech 3, no. 1 (February 2014): e149–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2013.09.014.
Rosso F, Bisicchia S, Amendola A. Arthroscopic repair of "peel-off" lesion of the posterior cruciate ligament at the femoral condyle. Arthrosc Tech. 2014 Feb;3(1):e149–54.
Rosso, Federica, et al. “Arthroscopic repair of "peel-off" lesion of the posterior cruciate ligament at the femoral condyle.Arthrosc Tech, vol. 3, no. 1, Feb. 2014, pp. e149–54. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.eats.2013.09.014.
Rosso F, Bisicchia S, Amendola A. Arthroscopic repair of "peel-off" lesion of the posterior cruciate ligament at the femoral condyle. Arthrosc Tech. 2014 Feb;3(1):e149–e154.
Journal cover image

Published In

Arthrosc Tech

DOI

ISSN

2212-6287

Publication Date

February 2014

Volume

3

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e149 / e154

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • 3202 Clinical sciences