Kruzlifix's ACL Reconstruction 

  This is my all-inside ACL Technique using Biodegradable Interference Screws and
a Tripple Semitendinosus Tendon Graft.   (Click on the thumbnail to zoom). 

1) Position 90°	2)Position 120°	3) Skin Infiltration	4) Incision of Sartorius
5) Isolation of SemiT	6) Delivering of SemiT	7) Stripping of SemiT	8) Cutting of SemiT
9) Cleaning of Soft-tissue	10) Fishing Hook Stitch	11) Preparation for Bone Plug Harvest	12) Bone Plug Harvest
13) Length of SemiT	14) Drilling of Bone Plug	15) Folding of SemiT	16) 3 Bundles of SemiT
17) Stitching of Femoral End	18) 10mm Tibial End (Bone Plug)	19) Femoral End (no Bone Plug)	20) Length of Graft
21) Femoral Pilot Hole	22) Femoral Hole Screw Driver	23) Femoral Hole Dilator	24)  Notcher for Screw Entry
25) Tibial Pilot Hole	26) Landmark Lateral Meniscus	26) Direct Vision in Full Extension	27) Tibial Hole Screw Driver
28) Tibial Hole Screw Driver	29) Tibial Hole Tibial Dilator	30) Beath Pin	31) Pull Through Suture
32) Pull Through Suture	33) Graft passage	34) Tibial Seating of Bone Plug	35) Femoral Seating of Graft I
36) Femoral Seating of Graft II	37) Tibial Fixation	38) In Situ Pretension	39) Finished ACL

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