ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2020
Predicting adequacy of free quadriceps tendon autograft, for primary and revision ACL reconstruction, from patients' physical parameters.
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- Soft Tissue Quadriceps Tendon Autograft Harvest Technique With Determination of Proper Graft Length for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Significant Variation in Quadriceps Tendon Thickness Is Observed Among Cadaveric Specimens.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using the ipsilateral Quadriceps tendon autograft: a modular reconstructive option.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament and the common autograft specimens for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Annals of joint · 2023Review
- Functional Outcome of All-Soft-Tissue Quadriceps Tendon Autograft in ACL Reconstruction in Young and Athletic Patients at a Minimum Follow-Up of 1 Year.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Estimating the adequacy of the free quadriceps tendon autograft length using anthropometric measures in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- Quadriceps Tendon Autograft in Pediatric ACL Reconstruction: Graft Dimensions and Prediction of Size on Preoperative MRI.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Patients with a quadriceps tendon shorter than 60 mm require a patellar bone plug autograft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeFree quadriceps tendon autograft (QTA) has gained popularity for both primary and revision ACL reconstruction. The aim of this study is to measure the dimensions of quadriceps tendon and determine its correlation with patient's height, weight and BMI. This is to provide a guide for patients and surgeons in predicting the suitability of QTA for ACL reconstructions.
methodsA cross-sectional study in which the length and thickness of the quadriceps tendon was measured in 51 Caucasian patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty. Exclusion criteria include non-Caucasians and previous tendon pathology. Patients were selected from routine elective total knee arthroplasty list. Tendon length is taken from musculotendinous junction to its insertion. Thickness was measured at midpoint and at distal insertion. Patients' height, weight and BMI were recorded. The correlation between patient physical parameters and tendon dimensions were determined.
resultsSubjects' median age was 65 years (range 44-87), with 34 females and 17 males. Median length of the tendon was 9 mm (range 70-110), and median insertional thickness was 9 mm (7-10 mm). Median thickness at midpoint was 7 mm (range 4-10 mm). There was moderately positive correlation between subjects' height and tendon length (correlation coefficient 0.50), and also between weight and tendon length (correlation coefficient 0.47). There was no significant correlation between subjects' BMI and the tendon length. There was also no significant correlation between tendon thickness and subject's physical parameters.
conclusionThis study has shown that most patients could provide adequate QTA for ACL reconstruction. It also points to the fact that no investigation is required to predict the adequacy of QTA. Though further studies with larger sample size are required to confirm this, clinician can rely on analysing patients' physical parameter in predicting the adequacy of QTA for ACL reconstruction. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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