Notchplasty

Intraarticular visualization and suture placement are easier while the patient's knee is unstable and before notchplasty or osseous tunnel drilling can cause bleeding.

Therefore, the effects of notchplasty on the clinical outcome after anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction were evaluated in a cohort study.

Although some controversy exists regarding the necessity or extent of a notchplasty, a few fundamentals related to notchplasty cannot be debated.