@article{article_189625, title={A small contribution to Eriksson’s ACL reconstruction method}, journal={Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica}, volume={25}, pages={341–345}, year={2006}, DOI={10.3944/aott.v25i5.1261}, author={Sebik, Ahmet and Ademoglu, Yalcin}, keywords={acl reconstruction;erikssons method}, abstract={One of the most important phase of the Eriksson’s ACL reconstruction method is preparing graft bed in intercondylar notch and placing and immobilizing the bony patellar tendon graft. Eriksson, drills two holes by using his own guide from lateral femoral condyle to intercondylar notch and passes two loops for pulling 5-6 pairs of suture to the outer surface of lateral femoral condyle and fixes the patellar tendon greft by tying the sutures one by one. Bony part of the harvested patellar tendon graft is approximately 3-3.5 cm long, and 5-6 pairs of suture passes through it. Our observations have shown us that when 5-6 pairs of suture meet around two holes, they prevent a proper contact between bony patellar tendon graft and graft bed. The small change in the Eriksson ’s method that we did consists of drilling 4 holes instead of 2, and pulling outside the pairs of suture by using 4 loops. By using 4 holes, we found that graft fixed on graft bed more properly. Aiso, by drilling 4 holes there is no need to use Eriksson’s different coloured 2-0 vicryl set, and tying one by one is easier. We applied this slightly modified Eriksson’s method on 16 male and 1 female, total 17 patients. Most of the ACL injuries were as a result of sports trauma. Average follow-up is 23. 5 months. The results were evaluated by Lysholm’s scoring scale. According to this evaluation, 14 of the 17 cases were excellent and good (82.4%), one of them was fair (5.8%), and two of them were poor (11.8%), No infection was seen.}, number={5}, publisher={Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology}