Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Using Double Limbed Rectus Femoris Autograft
Abstract Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction is routinely performed when conservative treatment fails and patients present with recurrent patellar dislocations. Most described techniques require fixation or some type of bony procedure on the patella. The technique using a rectus femoris tendon graft, harvested with an open stripper and left attached to the patella, provides better anatomical correspondence with the native medial patellofemoral ligament and adequate graft thickness. Furthermore, it can be performed in skeletally immature patients without the need for fixation materials or bone tunnel creation.
Authors
- Camilo Partezani Helito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1139-2524)
- Pedro Baches Jorge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4444-4004)
- Sérgio Marinho de Gusmão Canuto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1339-4785)
- Vinicios Barreto Melo
- Saulo Santos Blunk
- Lorran Coque Fonseca
- Victor Bezerra de Menezes Monnerat
Institutions
- Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (BR)
- Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo (BR)
- National Institute of Science and Technology for Software Engineering (BR)
- Macao University of Tourism (MO)
- Children's Hospital at Saint Francis (US)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthroscopy Techniques
- Published
- 2026-05-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/atn2.70009
- Primary Topic
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00