Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Sports Medicine - Knee
Abstract number: 25885
CAN WE PREVENT GRAFT EXTRUSION POSTOPERATIVELY?
JAE-HYUK YANG, Jung-Ro YOON, Young-Chan KIM, Hyuk JEGAL, Jun-Ho LEE,
Mi-Nyeo YOON
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul (KOREA)
Correct allograft placement using the properly size-matched allograft are crucial
factors that influence the postoperative results of meniscal allograft transplantation.
Arthroscopic landmarks and portals for optimal visualization and guide wire
placement for meniscal horn bony insertion site are described in literature, but the
described technique of guide wire placement during MAT is usually by parapatellar
approach which is not in anatomical direction of meniscal horn bony insertions. Our
technique on MAT focuses on making the correct position of the tibia tunnel with
precise entry point using the transpatellar approach. In all of our 11 consecutive
cases, none of the patients presented with meniscal extrusion according to the latest
follow up MRI.
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