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Published on: March 26, 2015
Combined Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis With Augmented Continuous
Gregoire Zerr1, David Eichler1, Pierre Imbert2
1Institut de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Sportive à Strasbourg Strasbourg France.
Abstract:
The purpose of this technical note is to describe a reproducible surgical technique for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction combined with a lateral tenodesis using a continuous iliotibial band autograft that allows self-augmentation of graft diameter without the need for additional tendon harvesting. The key modification involves creating an augmented intra-articular graft by inverting a detached distal iliotibial band strip over the central portion of the graft, thereby increasing its diameter while preserving native continuity.