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ACL reconstruction with “the original all-inside technique”

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With the improvement of knee arthroscopy during the past decades anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction has become a common procedure, with several surgical techniques described. The “original all-inside technique” for ACL reconstruction with manually drilled double half tunnels, allowing the use of one single tendon triplicated or quadruplicated and hopefully improving the quality of the contact area between graft and bone.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine University of Perugia and Let People Move, Via GB Pontani 9, 06128, Perugia, Italy

    Giuliano Cerulli & Filippo Pelosi

  2. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, San Giuseppe Hospital, Via Aurelio Saffi 33, Arezzo, Italy

    Giovanni Zamarra & Fabio Vercillo

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Cerulli, G., Zamarra, G., Vercillo, F. et al. ACL reconstruction with “the original all-inside technique”. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 19, 829–831 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-010-1371-2

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