Multi Ligament Surgery

Ligaments are fibrous tissue bands that connect bones and stabilize joints. A multi-ligament knee injury involves injury to two or more ligaments of the knee.

The knee joint has four major ligaments – the anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, lateral collateral ligament, and medial collateral ligament. A multi-ligament knee injury involves injury to two or more ligaments of the knee. These injuries are usually high energy in nature such as motor vehicle accidents, severe fall from height, or during sports such as skiing and football.

• The surgery is performed with the patient under general anesthesia. Multiligament knee reconstruction is usually performed arthroscopically through tiny incisions with the use of an arthroscope and small surgical instruments. This minimally invasive approach results in faster recovery and smaller incisions.
• During Multiligament Knee Reconstruction surgery, ligaments that are avulsed (pulled from the bone) are reattached to the bone using special sutures. When a ligament is ruptured it may be reconstructed using a graft taken from the patient (autograft) or donor tissue (allograft).
• Your surgeon will create a tunnel in the thigh and tibia bone using a small drill. Your surgeon then inserts the grafts into the tunnel to replace the torn ligaments.
• After the grafts are placed, fixation devices are used to secure the grafts and hold the ligament in place until healing occurs.