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Table 4 Comparison between thickness and remaining cancellous bone after BPTB autograft at mid-patella and central-ridge location

From: A cadaveric study of the location and morphology of the central patellar ridge for bone-patellar tendon-bone graft

 

Mid-patella (mm)

Central ridge (mm)

Different (mm)

P value

Remaining cancellous bone (mean ± SD)

8.3 ± 2.04

10.31 ± 2.23

1.96

< 0.001

Anterior cortical bone thickness

4.04 ± 1.01

4.77 ± 0.98

0.73

< 0.001

Cancellous bone thickness

14.26 ± 2.12

15.54 ± 2.09

1.28

< 0.001

Cartilage

1.08 ± 0.46

1.55 ± 0.65

0.47

< 0.001