Repair of Retracted Hamstring Tears with Hamstring Pulley Technique and Inferomedial Portal

Jacob Maier; Elliott Clark; Jovan Laskovski

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2023.07.057

Repair of Retracted Hamstring Tears with Hamstring Pulley Technique and Inferomedial Portal

Arthrosc Tech. 2023 Nov 20;12(12):e2273-e2280. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2023.07.057. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Jacob Maier¹, Elliott Clark², Jovan Laskovski²

Affiliations

¹ Summa Health Department of Orthopedics, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.
² Crystal Clinic Orthopedic Center, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.

Abstract

Endoscopic repair of hamstring tears is well described in the literature, but endoscopic management for significantly retracted hamstring tears is not well described. Currently, repairing a hamstring tendon that has retracted 8 cm or more from the footprint on the ischial tuberosity is performed as an open procedure. The technique described here details endoscopic repair of retracted hamstring tears using a suture pulley mechanism and an inferomedial portal.