TY - JOUR
T1 - Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction using hamstring autograft in children and adolescents
AU - Ladenhauf, Hannah N.
AU - Berkes, Marschall B.
AU - Green, Daniel W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the Paracelsus Medical University Research Fund ( S-12/01/003-LAD ). The authors report that they have no conflicts of interest in the authorship and publication of this article.
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - We introduce an anatomic reconstruction technique for the medial patellofemoral ligament using a free hamstring autograft in skeletally immature patients. We dock the 2 ends of the graft in the superior-medial patella using sockets and secure the femoral graft attachment in a socket tunnel distal to the physis. This technique minimizes the risk of injury to the growth plate and still enables accurate and successful anatomic positioning of the hamstring autograft.
AB - We introduce an anatomic reconstruction technique for the medial patellofemoral ligament using a free hamstring autograft in skeletally immature patients. We dock the 2 ends of the graft in the superior-medial patella using sockets and secure the femoral graft attachment in a socket tunnel distal to the physis. This technique minimizes the risk of injury to the growth plate and still enables accurate and successful anatomic positioning of the hamstring autograft.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eats.2013.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.eats.2013.01.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 23875142
AN - SCOPUS:84879552429
SN - 2212-6287
VL - 2
SP - e151-e154
JO - Arthroscopy Techniques
JF - Arthroscopy Techniques
IS - 2
ER -