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Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatología
On-line version ISSN 1852-7434
Abstract
CICCARELLO, Víctor A and KALTMAN, Bernardo. Reconstrucción y restauración de la rotura aguda del tendón rotuliano con aumento del tendón semitendinoso preservando su inserción distal: Reporte de un caso. Rev. Asoc. Argent. Ortop. Traumatol. [online]. 2016, vol.81, n.4, pp.315-319. ISSN 1852-7434.
Ruptures of acute patellar tendon with poor quality tissue are difficult to resolve. Several techniques have been described to repair or rebuild the patellar tendon. The objective of this report is to present a case in which patellar tendon augmentations with ipsilateral semitendinosus autograft was performed, showing excellent functional results.
Keywords : Reconstruction; Augmentation; Rupture; Patellar tendon; Semitendinosus.