Introducing Skeletally-Mature Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Technique Using Reinforcement (SATURN) With Iliotibial Band Autograft

Emre Anil Özbek; Armin Runer; Sahil Dadoo; Jonathan Dalton; Michael McClincy; Yi-Meng Yen; Benton Heyworth

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2023.07.005

Introducing Skeletally-Mature Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Technique Using Reinforcement (SATURN) With Iliotibial Band Autograft

Arthrosc Tech. 2023 Oct 2;12(11):e1867-e1872. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2023.07.005. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

Emre Anil Özbek^{1

2}, Armin Runer^{1

3}, Sahil Dadoo¹, Jonathan Dalton¹, Michael McClincy¹, Yi-Meng Yen⁴, Benton Heyworth⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
² Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Department for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Abstract

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are increasingly common in the adolescent age group. Recent literature has endorsed combining ACL reconstruction with lateral extra-articular procedures to minimize residual rotatory knee instability and reduce the risk of reinjury in this age group. This technique describes a single-bundle combined anatomical ACL reconstruction and lateral extra-articular reinforcement performed with a single iliotibial band autograft. Also this technique allows for the ACL reconstruction and lateral extra-articular stabilization to be performed through a single surgical incision while obtaining autograft tissue without disruption of the extensor or hamstring mechanisms.