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Functional reconstruction of a chronically ruptured extensor apparatus after patellectomy
Christian C M A Donken1, Jacob J Caron, Michiel H J Verhofstad
1Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Saint Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Knee Surgery
|November 12, 2009
Abstract:
Rupture of the knee extensor mechanism after previous patellectomy is rare. A treatment protocol therefore is not available. This article presents a new and easy technique using a gracilis-semitendinosus tendon autograft for successful reconstruction of a ruptured knee extensor mechanism after previous patellectomy.