Table 3.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Arthroscopic Primary Posterior Cruciate Ligament Repair With Suture Augmentation

Advantages	Disadvantages
Compared with PCL reconstruction
Preservation of native tissue and proprioception	Only in patients with proximal tears and sufficient tissue quality
Quick procedure	Only in acute or subacute setting
No graft harvesting complications
No large tunnels drilled
No problems with future PCL reconstruction
Faster recovery
Prevention of quadriceps atrophy
Physeal sparing approach in children
No conflict with other tunnels in patients with concomitant ACL injury
Compared with primary PCL repair without a suture augmentation
Protection of ligament during healing phase	Surgeon should be able to perform posterior knee arthroscopy
No posterior sag or posterior tibial translation	Additional small incision over the tibial cortex

ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; PCL, posterior cruciate ligament.