ACL-Reconstruction
with Patellar Tendon
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Graft-Harvest
- Skin incisions (10 K)
- Exposure of the tendon with the "Seahorse" (6
K)
- Marking of the patellar bone plug (16 K)
- Tendon cuts, frontal view (15 K)
- Tendon cuts, lateral view (15 K)
- Detachment of the fat pad, frontal view (16 K)
- Detachment of the fat pad, lateral view (21 K)
- Insertion of patellar bone plug cutter, frontal view (14
K)
- Insertion of bone plug cutter, lateral view (17 K)
- Insertion of patellar bone plug cutter, crossection (7
K)
- Insertion of tibial bone plug cutter, frontal view (16
K)
- Insertion of the tibial bone plug cutter, lateral view
(16 K)
- Insertion of the tibial bone plug cutter, crossection (7
K)
- Drilling of the hole for the cerclage wire (10 K)
- Graft (7 K)
- Harvest of a bone plug from the proximal tibia (7 K)
- Bone-grafting of patellar defect (3 K)
Graft-Preparation
- Measuring of the graft-length (21 K)
- Graft-preparation (16 K)
Arthroscopy
- Arthroscopy portals (16 K)
Notch-Plasty
- Debridement of old ACL (12 K)
- Notch-Plasty, frontal view (8 K)
- Notch-Plasty, lateral view (9 K)
Femoral Socket
- Entrance of femoral socket (8 K)
- Excavation of the entrance for the femoral socket (9 K)
- Creation of pilot-hole using the screwdriver (10 K)
- Insertion of the femoral dilator, frontal view (12 K)
- Insertion of the femoral dilator, lateral view (13 K)
- Crossection of the femoral socket (10 K)
Tibial Tunnel
- Exit of the tibial tunnel in the knee joint (9 K)
- Tibial tunnel entrance, frontal view (10 K)
- Positioning of the drill guide (14 K)
- Tibial tunnel, frontal view (21 K)
- Tibial tunnel, lateral view (16 K)
- Tibial tunnel, crossection (10 K)
- Manual correction of the tunnel exit (12 K)
- Impingement control in flexion (15 K)
- Impingement control in extension (7 K)
Graft-Passage
- Graft-passage (12 K)
Graft-Fixation
- Femoral interference fixation, lateral view (16 K)
- Femoral interference fixation, crossection (5 K)
- Pretensionning of the graft (23 K)
- Tibial interference fixation, lateral view (19 K)
- Tibial interference fixation, crossection (7 K)
- The finished ACL-Reconstruction (14 K)
Operative technique
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