Autogenous iliotibial band enhancement combined with tendon lengthening plasty to treat patella baja: A case report

Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the lengthening method. A: The patellar tendon was longitudinally split along the midline while preserving the medial patellar insertion and the lateral tibial insertion of the patellar tendon (red line); B: Ultrabraid sutures were used to overlap the two tendon-free ends in a whipstitch fashion (blue line); C: The reconstructed patellar tendon was further strengthened using an iliotibial band graft (yellow area), which was fixed with two suture anchors (black circles), and suture cerclage was used to decrease tension (light blue line).