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Insertion of the patella tendon after prosthetic replacement of the proximal tibia
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. tozaki@med.okayama-u.ac.jp
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
|January 6, 2000
Abstract:
We describe the technique and the results of a method to reconstruct the patellar tendon insertion to a tumor prosthesis by wrapping an artificial mesh around the prosthesis, followed by suturing the patellar tendon and a gastrocnemius flap to the mesh.