Cruciate Ligaments Reconstruction Arthroscopy Instruments
Knee cruciate ligament reconstruction is suitable for
Complete ACL injury or single bundle injury, knee instability.
Patients with narrow patellar ligament, patellar tendonitis, patellofemoral pain, and knee osteoarthritis are not candidates for ACL reconstruction using bone-patellar tendon-bone grafting.
Intraoperative arthroscopy is required to examine the anatomy of the knee meniscus, cartilage, and anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments. Small incisions are made around the knee joint and the inside of the knee is viewed with an arthroscope. Inside the knee, the surgeon will also note other injuries he may find, such as meniscus tears, cartilage damage.
In the 1970s, Zaricznyi used open surgery to reconstruct the ACL with semitendinosus tendon transplantation, which has a history of more than 30 years. With the development and maturity of arthroscopic technology, the application of arthroscopic technology to reconstruct the cruciate ligament has made great progress. The graft materials include bone-patellar tendon-bone, hamstring tendon, allogeneic tendon and artificial ligament. ACL reconstruction has developed from single-bundle single-tunnel reconstruction to double-bundle double-tunnel reconstruction.
