title: A new technique for harvesting the patella tendon in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
abstract: A new technique for harvesting the patella tendon for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is described. A circular oscillating saw is used to harvest the bone plugs. We feel that this technique offers reproducibility that is difficult to obtain with more conventional methods of graft harvesting.
authors.affiliation: Southern California Center for Sports Medicine, Long Beach 90806.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000601:surgery*; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous