A revisited technique for combined anterior cruciate ligament and anterolateral ligament reconstructions

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Published online: Feb 13 2021

K. Smeets, J. Bellemans, J. Truijen

From the Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Abstract

A new technique for combined anterior cruciate ligament and anterolateral ligament reconstructions is described. An iliotibial band strip is used as an ALL graft , leaving the distal insertion intact and fix it with a knotless anchor on the femoral origin, after tunneling it under the lateral collateral ligament.

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