A Technique for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Setting of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.eats.2020.09.035 and PMC identifier 7823143.
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Abstract
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is becoming a more prevalent treatment for medial-compartment arthritis. Traditionally, a competent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is required to achieve satisfactory results. This leads to the question of treatment for medial-compartment arthritis in the setting of an incompetent ACL. A treatment option for this subset of patients is concurrent UKA and ACL reconstruction; however, this technique addresses the cohort of patients with a previously stable UKA who sustain an injury to the ACL, leading to symptomatic instability. The purpose of this article is to detail a technique for ACL reconstruction in the setting of a previous UKA.
Anatomy
- knee