Anatomical reconstruction of the patellar tendon: a new technique with hamstring tendons and iliotibial tract

J Orthop Trauma. 1999 Jun-Jul;13(5):375-9. doi: 10.1097/00005131-199906000-00011.

Abstract

A new technique of patellar tendon reconstruction was performed in a patient who lost tendon and tibial tuberosity during wide excision surgery for a malignancy. In this procedure, the tendon was anatomically replaced by a graft composed of ipsilateral hamstring tendons and iliotibial tract, with the biomechanical conditions considered. Both ends of the graft were secured in the size-matched bone tunnels in the patella and tibia by screw post fixation, which is a technique established in ligament reconstruction surgery in the knee joint. At the twenty-month follow-up, the result was deemed successful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Ilium / transplantation
  • Knee Joint / pathology
  • Knee Joint / physiopathology
  • Knee Joint / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / transplantation
  • Patella / pathology
  • Patella / surgery
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma / surgery
  • Tendons / pathology
  • Tendons / surgery*
  • Tendons / transplantation
  • Tibia / transplantation
  • Tissue Transplantation / methods
  • Treatment Outcome