Failed regrowth of the harvested semitendinosus tendon: a rare complication of tendon harvest after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Arthroscopy, 2003 See article at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Failed regrowth of the harvested semitendinosus te...[Arthroscopy. 2003] - PubMed Result ??Search for Go Clear ??Display Show All: 1 Review: 0 1: 2003 Apr;19(4):E31. Failed regrowth of the harvested semitendinosus tendon: a rare complication of tendon harvest after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. , , , , , . University of Tampere and Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. teppo.jarvinen@uta.fi Harvested hamstring tendons were recently shown to possess the ability to regrow and regain their function in flexing the knee joint. In this study, we report a case of failed regrowth of previously harvested semitendinosus tendon to its original insertion site in a 24-year-old professional soccer player. The disturbance resulted in the formation of a clearly visible Popeye-type muscular prominence in the proximal thigh and a notable gap in the midthigh distal to the muscular prominence in knee flexion. Furthermore, 6 months after surgery, in the second full-speed soccer practice, the patient experienced a sudden sharp pain in his hamstring muscles, which was later diagnosed as being from a strain of the semitendinosus muscle. PMID: 12671606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Related Links [Arthroscopy. 2005] [Am J Sports Med. 2006] [Am J Sports Med. 2003] [J Knee Surg. 2003] [Arthroscopy. 2004] ??Display Show | | | |
