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  • Title: Patellar tendon rupture 3 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a central one third bone-patellar tendon-bone graft.
    Author: Mickelsen PL, Morgan SJ, Johnson WA, Ferrari JD.
    Journal: Arthroscopy; 2001 Jul; 17(6):648-52. PubMed ID: 11447555.
    Abstract:
    Use of the central one third bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft is an accepted technique for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Patellar tendon rupture following ACL reconstruction is an acknowledged, although rarely reported, complication of this procedure. Of the limited patellar tendon rupture cases reported in the literature, most are described early in the postoperative period. We present a case of late patellar tendon rupture more than 3 years after uneventful ACL reconstruction in a 32-year-old man.
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