Anatomical and Nonanatomical Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Thore Zantop, Nadine Diermann, Tobias Schumacher, Steffen Schanz, Freddie H. Fu, Wolf Petersen

The American Journal of Sports Medicine · 2008 · 239 citations · 39 references

Abstract

Double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction should be performed using anatomical tunnel placement of the anteromedial and posterolateral bundles. Nonanatomical double-bundle reconstruction may fail to show any clinical superiority to single-bundle reconstruction and should be avoided.

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