Tendon Reconstruction

A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches muscle to bone. A tendon serves to move the bone or structuren.

In certain severe injuries, there may be loss of tendon tissue.

In such circumstances tendons move away from the point of injury and there may be a gap between tendon ends.

Tendon ends are bridged with tendon grafts .

Tendon grafts are obtained from other tendons who have less important function or are unimportant .

Common areas of tendon graft harvest are the forearm ( palmaris longus tendon ) , thigh ( Tensor fascia lata ) and leg ( extensor tendons ).

In severe injuries there may be loss of tendon tissues. The lost tendon tissues are reconstructed with tendon graft. The whole procedure is known as tendon reconstruction.