Augmentation of a patellar tendon repair with an autologous semitendinosus graft
Van der Bracht, H.; Verdonk, R.é; Stuyts, B.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 75(3): 417-419
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6462 PMID: 19681332 Document Number: 635567
Patellar tendon ruptures are rare but very invalidating lesions. We describe a case of re-rupture of a sutured patellar tendon. An autologous semitendinosus graft was used for tendon augmentation in the reconstruction procedure. This technique uses an easy-to-harvest graft which has low donor site morbidity. Additionally, the strength of the graft allows early rehabilitation, and no further surgery for hardware removal is necessary. For these reasons we recommend this procedure for acute patellar tendon ruptures with a poor tissue quality or for revision surgery of the patellar tendon.