Prevention of Medial Femoral Condyle Injury by Using a Slotted Cannula in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Anterior cruciate ligament injury is one of the most common ligament injuries of the knee in sports medicine. The treatment of choice is anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, which requires an experienced surgeon. Complications may occur at every step of the procedure. The surgeon should be especially careful when performing the step of femoral tunnel creation. Damage to the medial femoral condyle (MFC) could occur; thus, the full functional outcome of the knee might be affected. There are many surgical techniques to avoid MFC injury. We propose a surgical technique that could reduce the risk of MFC injury. This technique uses a Fast-Fix slotted cannula (Smith & Nephew) as a protector. Because such equipment is available in all meniscus instrument sets, this surgical technique is a feasible and easy method to use during the femoral tunnel creation step.