All-Onlay Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction Technique of the Knee

Nathan L Grimm; Kamron Modrow; Elizabeth Ryan; Jack Curran; Andrew E Jimenez; Benjamin J Levy

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2024.103060

All-Onlay Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction Technique of the Knee

Arthrosc Tech. 2024 May 24;13(9):103060. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2024.103060. eCollection 2024 Sep.

Authors

Nathan L Grimm^{1

2}, Kamron Modrow¹, Elizabeth Ryan¹, Jack Curran¹, Andrew E Jimenez³, Benjamin J Levy⁴

Affiliations

¹ Idaho Sports Medicine Institute, Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Sports MedicineMontefiore Einstein, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.

Abstract

The anterolateral ligament has gained attention as a secondary stabilizer of anterolateral rotatory stability of the knee. This has had implications among sports medicine specialists as an adjunct procedure with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction to improve stability. As indications have evolved for its use as an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction augment, so have the techniques for reconstruction. As such, we present a simple, efficient, and reproducible technique for all-onlay reconstruction with low-profile instrumentation that mitigates concerns for tunnel convergence.