Table 1.

Tips for Performing Absorbable Suture Technique

•Use a spinal needle during the creation of the working portal to obtain the correct angle. •With a shaver, remove hemarthrosis, clots, and osteochondral fragments as necessary to obtain an optimal view of the fracture site. •Temporarily check the correct reduction of the avulsed fragment with a probe, extending the knee, and fix it with a provisional fixation pin. •Pass the suture first in the posterior part of the ACL fibers with a curved suture passer, using the enlarged lateral portal to regain the carrying wire. •Remove the fixation pin and tie the suture; if the implant is not stable enough, repeat the previous step, passing the suture in the posterior fibers of the ACL.