Anatomical evaluation of the rectus femoris tendon and its related structures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1665-1668

  Iriuchishima, Takanori ^a,b   Shirakura, Kenji ^a   Yorifuji, Hiroshi ^c   Fu, Freddie H ^d  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kamimoku Hot Springs Hospital   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Graft; Quadriceps tendon; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS TENDON; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENDON GRAFT; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CADAVER; HUMANS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84868136853     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-012-1597-1     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Adams DJ, Mazzocca AD, Fulkerson JP (2006) Residual strength of quadriceps versus patellar tendon after harvesting a central free tendon graft. Arthroscopy 22:76-79 (Pubitemid 43053185)
2. Becker I, Baxter GD, Woodley SJ (2010) The vastus lateralis muscle: an anatomical investigation. Clin Anat 23:575-585
3. Chen CH, Chuang TY, Wang KC, Chen WJ (2006) Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with quadriceps tendon autograft: clinical outcome in 4-7 years. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 14:1077-1085. doi:10.1007/s00167-006-0111-0 (Pubitemid 44705152)
4. Clark JC, Rueff DE, Indelicato PA, Moser M (2009) Primary ACL reconstruction using allograft tissue. Clin Sports Med 28:223-244
5. Droqset JO, Strand T, Uppheim G, Odegard B, Boe A, Grontvedt T (2010) Autologous patellar tendon and quadrupled hamstring grafts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective randomized multicentre review of different fixation methods. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 18:1085-1093
6. Feller JA, Webstar KE, Gavin B (2001) Early post-operative morbidity following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: patellar tendon versus hamstring graft. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 9:260-266 (Pubitemid 33685015)
7. Geib TM, Shelton WR, Phelps RA, Clark L (2009) Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadriceps tendon autograft: intermediate-term outcome. Arthroscopy 25:1408-1414
8. Goldblatt JP, Fitzsimmons SE, Balk E, Richmond JC (2005) Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: meta-Analysis of patellar tendon versus hamstrings tendon autograft. Arthroscopy 21:791-803 (Pubitemid 40984668)
9. Gorschewsky O, Klakow A, Putz A, Mahn H, Neumann W (2007) Clinical comparison of autologous quadriceps tendon (BQT) and the autologous patella tendon (BPTB) for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 15:1284-1292
10. Hadjicostas PT, Soucacos PN, Berger I, Koleganova NK, Paessler HH (2007) Comparative analysis of the morphologic structure of quadriceps and patellar tendon: a descriptive laboratory study. Arthroscopy 23:744-750 (Pubitemid 47048631)
11. Harner CD, Vogrin TM (2002) What's new in sports medicine. J Bone Joint Surg Am 84:1095-1099
12. Herrington L, Wrapson C, Matthews M, Matthews H (2005) Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, hamstrings versus bone-patella tendon-bone grafts: a systematic literature review of outcome from surgery. Knee 12:41-50 (Pubitemid 40128159)
13. Kim DW, Kim JO, You JD, Kim SJ, Kim HK (2001) Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with quadriceps tendon composite autograft. Arthroscopy 17:546-550
14. Kondo E, Yasuda K, Azuma H, Tanabe Y, Yagi T (2008) Prospective clinical comparisons of anatomic double-bundle versus single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures in 328 consecutive patients. Am J Sports Med 36: 1675-1687
15. Lee S, Seong SC, Jo H, Park YK, Lee MC (2004) Outcome of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadriceps tendon autograft. Arthroscopy 20:795-802 (Pubitemid 39335726)
16. Oro FB, Sikka RS, Wolters B et al (2011) Autograft versus allograft: an economic cost comparison of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy 27:1219-1225
17. van Eck CF, Illingworth KD, Fu FH (2010) Quadriceps tendon: the forgotten graft. Arthroscopy 26:441-442
18. Van Eck CF, Schreiber VM, Liu TT, Fu FH (2010) The anatomic approach to primary, revision and augmentation anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 18:1154-1163
19. Willan PL, Ransome JA, Mahon M (2002) Variability in human quadriceps muscles: quantitative study and review of clinical literature. Clin Anat 15:116-128 (Pubitemid 34194680)