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From: Reconstruction of a ruptured patellar tendon using ipsilateral semitendinosus and gracilis tendons with preserved distal insertions: two case reports

Figure 1

Reconstruction of the patellar tendon using semitendinosus and gracilis tendons with preserved distal insertions. The free end of the semitendinosus tendon was passed through a tunnel in the tibia tubercle in a medial to lateral direction. The free ends of both tendons were brought up proximally to cross in front of the patella as a figure-of-eight, towards the inferolateral side of the patella. Each tendon was passed transversely through the distal end of the quadriceps tendon and pulled distally. Both tendons were treated with interrupted sutures where they overlapped. ST: semitendinosus tendon, G: gracilis tendon.

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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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