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Title of Journal: Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthr
Abbravation: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
DOI
10.1007/3-540-31181-5_2
ISSN
1433-7347
In PCL reconstruction many techniques have been described Crucial item in preoperative planning is graft choice and graft fixation Compared to other grafts hamstring is getting more popular because it is longer has higher mechanical properties and doesn’t harm extensor apparatus of the knee Furthermore the absence of the bone block makes easier hamstring insertion in the femoral tunnel Hamstring greater disadvantage is fixation Many fixation devices used in ACL reconstruction have been described for PCL procedure One of these recently proposed is a crosspin femoral fixation technique for hamstring PCL reconstruction 10 The authors drilled the femoral tunnel in an insideout manner 11 width 8 mm and depth 35 mm and fixed the hamstring with the Rigidfix Mitek Norwood MA passing the device via the anterolateral AL portal The aim of this anatomical cadaver study is to evaluate the entrance points of crosspins and the possible iatrogenic damages during transverse fixation via anterolateral portal The device we used is the Rigidfix Mitek Norwood MA designed to use two biodegradable pins for ACL femoral fixation Femoral drilling and cross pins insertion were performed on 20 10 × 2 fresh frozen cadaver knees The risk of chondral damage evaluated during the knees dissection is high