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Background: Patellar ligament is of surgical importance in procedures pertaining to total knee arthroplasty. It is extensively used as an autogenous graft for endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Patellar ligament is the most preferred autograft owing to sufcient load to failure strength and stiffness. Purpose of the study: Dimensions of patella have been shown to be of anthropometric importance and is also used for personal identication as the bone is resistant to postmortem changes. There is paucity of literature on studies correlating the dimensions of patellar ligament and patella bone in Indian population. This study is the rst of its kind to provide data on the same. 53 prosected lower limbs were used to study the morphome Material and Methods: try of Patellar ligament and Patella using digital vernier calipers. The mean length, width and thickness values of Patellar ligament and bone were recorded. Pearson correlation coefcient was used to test the strength of association between the two variables. It was seen that there was negative correlation between Results: patella length and ligament length and thickness. There was positive correlation between patella length and ligament width. Patella width correlated positively with ligament length and ligament width but negatively with ligament thickness. Patella thickness correlated negatively with ligament length and thickness but positively with ligament width. This Conclusion- study will provide valuable anthropometric data and aid the orthopaedic surgeons performing knee surgeries.

Introduction: Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are commonly encountered in day-to-day practice. The morphology of the intercondylar notch (ICN), in particular, the width, and shape of the notch are of anatomic interest predisposing to ligament injuries. The previous literature points to contradicting views on the association between ICN dimensions and cruciate ligament injuries. Aim of the study: This study aims to study the morphometry of the ACL and ICN in 32 prosected lower limbs and to see if any association exists between the two. Objectives The objectives of the study were to estimate the dimensions of ACL (maximum length and width) in 32 prosected lower limbs, estimate the dimensions of ICN (ICN width and depth) along with intercondylar (IC) width in 32 prosected lower limbs, and test the strength of association between the dimensions of ICN with the dimensions of ACL. Materials and Methods: The study was done in the Department of Anatomy of MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Bengaluru. Thirty-two prosected lower limbs from the department of anatomy were used for the study. Results: It was observed that IC width correlated positively with ACL length as well as ACL width. A strong positive correlation was also observed between IC width with ICN width. Femoral notch width index also correlated positively with ACL width. Conclusions: The above study provides valuable data on the morphometry of ACL and its association with all dimensions of IC fossa unlike previous studies which have correlated the dimensions of IC fossa only with the thickness of ACL.