Salvi Andrea Emilio, Metelli Giovanni Pietro, Musella Giovanni
Orthopaedic and Traumatism Department, Hospitalian Firm, Mellino Mellini, Civil Hospital of Iseo, Brescia, Italy.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2007 Jan;15(1):58-60. doi: 10.1007/s00167-006-0136-4. Epub 2006 Jun 13.
The authors report the case of intraoperative fracture of the patellar bone plug during an operation to reconstruct an anterior cruciate ligament using bone-patellar tendon-bone. This complication, known among the problems of reconstructing the anterior cruciate ligament, is usually reported when using interference screws to block the plug at the femoral level. In the case, we describe the fracture event occurred using cross-pins. The post-operative 3D radiographic reconstruction permitted precise localisation of the position of the detached bone fragment.
