Reverse Flipping Technique - Method for Locking Surgical Knots - Arthroscopic Knot Tying

Presented by
Aony Zacharias, MD
PGY-4, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Arthroscopic Knot Tying
To be Published in
Cole & Chahla: Surgical Techniques of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Knee in Sports Medicine
Reverse Flipping Technique: An Approach to Tie Reversing Half-Hitches on Alternating Posts
Locks arthroscopic knots that needs to slide through the arthroscopic cannula using a knot pusher
At minimum, 3 reversing half-hitches on alternating posts are needed to lock the knot fixation over an initial base knot.
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