The results of the surgical treatment ... but without tendon rupture. RESULTS: Between 1998 and 2010, six ESRD patients with 11 spontaneous ruptures of the quadriceps tendon were treated at ...

Self treatment with rest and analgesics had given no relief. He denied any constitutional symptoms. The patient had suffered a rugby injury to the same knee seven years earlier. It was diagnosed as a ...

Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations. A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of ...

The patellar tendon connects the kneecap (the patella) to the shinbone. This is part of the "extensor mechanism" of the knee. Together with the kneecap, quadriceps ... but the treatment of this ...