title: Augmentation of the patellar ligament with a bone-patellar tendon-bone inlay allograft.
abstract: We report two cases of deficient patellar tendons with severe anterior knee pain and functional limitations that were augmented with a bone-patellar tendon-bone inlay allograft. There are numerous reports in the literature describing techniques of acute and chronic repairs of ruptured patellar tendons, but we describe a new technique using allograft tissue.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Department of Surgery, USA.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Wuller
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jansson
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Bruner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D011859:Radiography