Sigman has performed more BEAR procedures than almost anyone in the world. The surgery was FDA-approved in 2020 for people 14 ...

Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations. A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of ...

There are two important tendons in the knee. The quadriceps tendon connects your quadriceps muscle, on the front of your thigh, to the kneecap. The patellar tendon connects the kneecap to the ...

It's called a bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture, or a bilateral quad tear for short. The quadriceps muscles are the big muscles on the front of your thighs that help you straighten your knees ...

Methods: Ultrasonographic evaluation of the quadriceps tendon (Hitachi EUB-405), isokinetic knee testing (Biodex System 3), and sprint measurements using telemetric photoelectric cells (Chronometre ...

Quadriceps tendon autograft has similar clinical outcomes when compared to hamstring tendon and bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts for revision ACL reconstruction: a systematic review and meta ...

To repair an ACL tear, doctors normally borrow tissue from another part of the body, like a hamstring or quadriceps tendon, to reconstruct the ligament. “Traditional ACL reconstructions can be ...