Fig 5.

As shown in a left knee, during quadriceps tendon graft harvest, the superficial rectus femoris layer is separated from the deeper vastus intermedius layer proximally, thus eventually creating a partial-thickness quadriceps tendon graft. The width of the graft is 10 mm, and the length of the tendinous part of the graft should be at least 10 cm to later allow sufficient graft length from the proximal femoral medial collateral ligament insertion to the distal tibial medial collateral ligament insertion.