The Blumensaat ’s line morphology influences to the femoral tunnel position in anatomical ACL reconstruction

ConclusionFemoral ACL tunnel placement was significantly influenced by the morphological variations of the Blumensaat ’s line. As detecting morphological variation in arthroscopic surgery is difficult, surgeons should confirm such variations pre-operatively using radiograph or CT so as to avoid making extremely shallow and low tunnels in hill type knees.Level of evidenceCase-controlled study, III.
Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research