Assessment of Thickness of Autograft Tendons Around the Knee and Its Correlation with Anthropometric Data, Thickness of Patella and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tibial Foot Print Diameter

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Journal Anat Cell Biol

Specialty Anatomy & Histology

Date 2021 Jan 28

PMID 33504683

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Authors

Balgovind S Raja

Kshitij Gupta

Abdusamad V

Sukhmin Singh

Subhajit Maji

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Abstract

Inadequate diameters of the autograft tendons are known to be a major cause of graft failure in ligament reconstruction. The purpose of the study was to measure the in-vivo thickness of the available autograft options around the knee and to seek a correlation between the thickness of the tendons and the anthropometric data, patellar thickness and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) footprint sagittal diameter. Magnetic resonance imaging of 104 consecutive patients with suspected knee injuries were utilized for measurement of the thickness of pes anserinus tendon (diameter and cross-sectional area [CSA]), patellar tendon (PT) and quadriceps tendon (QT). Pearson's coefficient was used to find out the relationship between the tendon thickness and anthropometric data, thickness of patella and ACL tibial foot print sagittal diameter. The mean diameters and CSA of the semitendinosus tendon (ST) and gracilis tendon (GT) were 3.77±0.49 mm, 11.62±1.62 mm and 2.87±0.27 mm, 6.64±1.18 mm respectively. QT and PT thicknesses were 7.36±0.87 mm and 4.50±0.62 mm respectively. Height and the patellar thickness were seen to have moderate correlation with ST and PT thickness. Weak correlation was seen between the other anthropometric variables and tendon thickness. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment of tendon sizes is a reliable method with good inter and intra-rater agreement. Assessment of these anatomical structures with help of MRI would be helpful in preoperative planning and can help in identifying those patients at risk of having smaller tendons.

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