Patellar tendon and tibial tubercle reconstruction using quadriceps tendon with patellar bone plug autograft
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Published on: March 26, 2015
T B Edwards1, J E Lewis, C A Guanche
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA.
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
This report describes a technique for the reconstruction of a patellar tendon-tibial tubercle deficiency. This technique uses an easy-to-harvest, low-morbidity graft (autogenous quadriceps tendon), while allowing aggressive rehabilitation as a result of the strength of the graft.

