Failed regrowth of the harvested semitendinosus tendon: a rare complication of tendon harvest after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Autor: Järvinen TL; University of Tampere and Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. teppo.jarvinen@uta.fi, Järvinen TA, Penttilä T, Harilainen A, Sandelin J, Paakkala T
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association [Arthroscopy] 2003 Apr; Vol. 19 (4), pp. E31.
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2003.50120
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE