Patients with a quadriceps tendon shorter than 60  mm require a patellar bone plug autograft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

ConclusionAlthough preoperative MRI predicted the required QT length for ACL reconstruction, 37% of patients lacked an adequate QT length, and a QT shorter than 60  mm required the addition of patellar bone.Level of evidenceIII.
Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research