Isolated Posterior ligament Lesions reconstructed with all inside technique. Surgical technique and clinical results.

Abstract

Introduction: the main objective of this work is to describe our all-inside single-bundle retro-construction technique for isolated posterior cruciate ligament injuries and to evaluate the clinical and functional results that were obtained in a series of patients at two years of follow-up.

Materials and methods: fourteen patients who underwent a single-bundle (SB) PCL reconstruction with all-inside retrograde technique were evaluated retrospectively; the Lysholm, Tegner and IKDC score were used in the pre and postoperative period, the anteroposterior stability was with the KT-1000 device.

Results: the preoperative Lysholm result was on average 56.4. A significant overall improvement was obtained, with a score at the end of follow-up of 90.5 (p = 0.00). Tegner's mean score improved significantly from 2.21 to 6.34 (p = 0.00). The mean IKDC score improved from 47.31 in the preoperative period to 81.5. 85.7% of the evaluated patients reported a normal or nearly normal knee after surgery. The evaluation using the KT-1000 was on average 3.8 mm.

Conclusion: the all-inside technique described for the PCL injuries is a reproducible process, with good clinical and functional results. The tibial anatomical guide and the FlipCutter® system give us greater security when making the tibial hole without the need to use radioscopic control.