2020
Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients.
Sidharthan S, Wang G, Schlichte LM, Fulkerson JP, Green DW. Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients. JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques 2020, 10: e0110. PMID: 32368409, PMCID: PMC7161734, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.st.18.00110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial patellofemoral ligament reconstructionDistal femoral physisPatellofemoral ligament reconstructionImmature patientsTendon harvesterLigament reconstructionFemoral physisMPFL reconstructionPatellofemoral instabilitySkeletally Immature PatientsDouble-bundle reconstructionTraumatic patellar dislocationRecurrent patellar instabilityMPFL injuryReconstructed MPFLTenodesis screwDistal medial aspectSemitendinosus graftHamstring autograftPreoperative levelsFemoral socketSurgical interventionGraft placementQuadriceps tendonPatellar dislocation
2006
Residual Strength of the Quadriceps Versus Patellar Tendon After Harvesting a Central Free Tendon Graft
Adams DJ, Mazzocca AD, Fulkerson JP. Residual Strength of the Quadriceps Versus Patellar Tendon After Harvesting a Central Free Tendon Graft. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2006, 22: 76-79. PMID: 16399465, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.10.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree tendon graftPatellar tendon graftTendon graftQuadriceps tendonPatellar tendonExtensor mechanismFree graftFree patellar tendon graftFree hamstring autograftQuadriceps tendon autograftKnee extensor mechanismAnterior cruciate ligamentTendon graft fixationUnpaired t-testTendon constructsHamstring autograftNative patellar tendonTendon autograftPostoperative rehabilitationReduced morbidityStrength deficitsCruciate ligamentGraft fixationGraftBone block