Table 2.

Pearls and Pitfalls of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Internal Brace Augmentation

Pearls and Pitfalls

• Bury FiberTape within Graftlink construct. Loop FiberTape through femoral TightRope, with free ends on the tibial side, and then wrap graft tissue around it

• Fix anterior cruciate ligament graft on tibia first in full hyperextension and then fix FiberTape on tibia with SwiveLock in hyperextension using hemostat to ensure FiberTape is not too tight

• Make sure the free FiberTape ends on the tibial side do not get trapped underneath the tibial button used to fixate the graft here; otherwise, independent tensioning would be lost

• Do not fix with the knee flexed at all, as this could lead to loss of motion (i.e., extension)