OPERATIVE REPORT (synopsis):
The arthroscopic exploration of the knee found:
a few post-operative fibrous bands in the suprapatellar recess with otherwise unremarkable femoropatellar joint
a bucket handle tear of the medial meniscus involving the middle and posterior part dislocated in the intercondylar notch, but no chondral lesion of the medial femorotibial compartment
a continuous and viable, but elongated anterior cruciate ligament graft in a good position with no firm endpoint Lachman test and positive pivot shift test which explains the preoperative testing
no meniscal injury or chondral lesion in the lateral femorotibial compartment
otherwise no intra-articular foreign body and no synovitis
The exploration was followed-up by the following procedural steps:
medial meniscal suture
modified Lemaire lateral extra-articular tenodesis with removal of a strip of the iliotibial band
removal of the femoral screw