The patella tendon is an ideal graft for knee ligament reconstruction, especially for ACL reconstruction. The ability to harvest bone attachments on both ends of this graft allows for interference ...

Cover image supplied by Dr Jan Hohe, Dr Wolfgang Wirth and Prof Felix Eckstein from the Institute of Anatomy, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, and from Chondrometrics GmbH ...

Your patella is a triangular-shaped bone in the front of your knee that’s also known as your kneecap. About 1 to 2 percent of people have a bipartite patella, which means their patella is made ...

We believe that the bone – patella tendon – bone (BPTB) graft best fits these criteria. Proponents of the hamstring-based reconstruction will often cite the morbidity of the patellar tendon harvest, ...