title: Patellar tendon donor-site healing during six and twelve months after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Graft is one of the most acceptable methods of treatment for Anterior Cruciate Ligament rupture (ACL). This study evaluates the recovery process of the graft donor site.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study evaluates the graft donor site recovery in 23 patients with ACL reconstruction, 6 and 12 months after the patellar tendon graft surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 70 percent of the cases, the healing process was completed after 6 months and the remaining 30 percent recovered after 12 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Time is an important factor in the recovery process of the patellar tendon for reconstruction of the ACL.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA ; Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, College of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA.
authors.forename: Hamed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yazdanshenas
authors.affiliation: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Firooz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madadi
authors.affiliation: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Firoozeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madadi
authors.affiliation: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, College of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA.
authors.forename: Eleby Rudolph
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Washington
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Kristofer
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Arya Nick
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Shamie
keywords: Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL); High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO); Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL)