Real-time elastography of patellar tendon in patients with auto-graft bone-tendon-bone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Akkaya S., AKKAYA N., Agladioglu K., Gungor H. R., ÖK N., ÖZÇAKAR L.

ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, vol.136, no.6, pp.837-842, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 136 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00402-016-2459-z
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.837-842
  • Keywords: Anterior cruciate ligament, Patellar tendon, Ultrasound, Elastography, Strain ratio, CENTRAL-3RD, AUTOGRAFT, DEFECT
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Patellar tendon donor site has been previously evaluated in patients with auto-graft bone-tendon-bone (BTB) anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using either magnetic resonance imaging or B mode ultrasound. However, donor site patellar tendon strain ratio-reflecting structural features-has not been studied with US elastography. Here, we ascertain real-time elastography properties of patellar tendon donor site and clinical relevance of these properties in patients with auto-graft BTB ACL reconstruction in the postoperative period.