Preoperative excessive lateral anterior tibial subluxation is related to posterior tibial tunnel insertion with worse sagittal alignment after anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- An Liu; Xiaojun Ye; Congsun Li; Weinan Yang; Shigui Yan; Zengfeng Xin; Haobo Wu
- Source
- Frontiers in Surgery, Vol 9 (2022)
- Subject
- lateral anterior tibial subluxation
tibial tunnel insertion
graft orientation
anterior cruciate ligament
magnetic resonance imaging
Surgery
RD1-811
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2296-875X
ObjectiveTo investigate whether preoperative lateral anterior tibial subluxation (LATS) measured from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can influence tibial insertion and postoperative sagittal alignment after anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions (ACLRs).Methods84 patients who underwent single-bundle ACLRs were retrospectively investigated. Among them, 39 patients (LATS of