Preoperative Estimated Width of the Patellar Tendon for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2020

Publication Title

The Journal of Knee Surgery

Abstract

This study aims to compare the actual patellar tendon width with the skin and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements and to describe a more accurate method to predict the actual patellar tendon width before anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).Thirty-nine patients undergoing primary ACLR were identified. Patients with patellar tendon width of less than 30 mm by skin or MRI measurements were excluded from the study. The actual patellar tendon width was measured as an intraoperative reading taken after surgical exposure. Mean difference between the skin and actual measurement and mean difference between the MRI and actual measurement was calculated. Paired

Volume

33

Issue

12

First Page

1213

Last Page

1218

DOI

10.1055/s-0039-1693025

ISSN

1938-2480

PubMed ID

31284320

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