Table 2.
Indications | Absolute Contraindications |
Proximal soft-tissue avulsion tear | Midsubstance tears |
Good tissue quality | Poor tissue quality |
Also in patients with open physes | Chronic tears in which tissue quality is insufficient or tissue is reabsorbed |
Also in patients with multiligamentous injured knees | |
Relative Contraindications | |
Surgical experience | |
Fair tissue quality |