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Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Recovery After Pie-Crusting Release Technique

NCT06863077 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-03-10

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Summary

Medial meniscus tears requiring surgical interventions are mostly being done by arthroscopic procedures. During the arthroscopy, accessing the medial joint space is challenging. Because of this situation, pie-crusting of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the knee is described. This procedure is to release the MCL 1 cm distal to its origin with a needle-tip. This release provides enough space for both identifying the tear and also provides enough space to introduce necessary equipment in the joint space for repair. But there are some doubts about MCL release. Some authors suspected ongoing valgus instability after this procedure. Our aim is to identify the tension of MCL with USG shear wave elastography before the procedure, and 3 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months postoperatively.

Conditions

  • Medial Collateral Ligament
  • Medial Mensical Tear
  • Shear Wave Elastography

Interventions

PROCEDURE

MCL Pie-Crusting

Percutaneous MCL Pie-Crusting

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kastamonu University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mehmet Ali Sabır Sabır, M.D. · Kastamonu University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-22
Primary Completion
2026-03-30
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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