DOI: 10.1097/01.btk.0000175744.49694.88
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Issn Print: 1536-0636
Publication Date: 2005/09/01
Quadriceps Tendon Autograft Harvesting
Craig D Morgan; Elliott H Leitman
Author Information: Morgan Kalman Clinic, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
The quadriceps tendon is an excellent source of autograft for both anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Techniques will be presented for graft harvesting, including a bone plug end and a graft without bone.