"Central" quadriceps tendon harvest with patellar bone plug: surgical technique revisited.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24400194.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.eats.2013.06.004 and PMC identifier 3882700.
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Abstract
The objective of this article is to review the surgical technique for quadriceps tendon graft harvest while highlighting an additional technical note that has not been previously emphasized. The quadriceps tendon typically inserts eccentrically on the superior pole of the patella. By shifting the soft-tissue harvest to a location just off the medial edge of the tendon, the adjoining patellar bone plug will be centered on the superior pole of the patella, reducing the risk of an iatrogenic patellar fracture.
Anatomy
- knee