title: Arterial supply to the tibial tuberosity: involvement in patellar ligament transfer in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims were to study arterial blood supply of the tibial tuberosity, and to evaluate its remaining blood supply after patellar ligament transposition in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  The anatomic study was carried out on 15 lower limbs after latex injection, and on two fetuses after diaphanization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tibial tuberosity was vascularized by an arterial network mainly supplied by anterior tibial recurrent artery. Other arteries from the popliteal artery or its branches were also involved in the tibial tuberosity blood supply.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings confirm the safety of transposition of patellar ligament in children due to dense arterial network supplying tibial tuberosity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nantes, 1, rue Gaston Veil, 44035 Nantes cedex, France. antoine.hamel@chu-nantes.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ploteau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lancien
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rogez
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hamel
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D002102:Cadaver; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D013977:Tibia / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery
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