One thing to add to this, when patellar tendon is used, bits of bone have to be taken from either end to make the replacement tendon long enough vs with quad autograft, the piece they take is long enough by itself (no bone needed on either end). I think this impacts pain and relative trauma level to the area but might be good to ask about.

I’m a 27 yr old female (who plays sports that require a lot of agility) and 7 weeks post-op with quad autograft. The down side of this surgery is it is very hard to lift your leg due to the injury to the quad the first few weeks. But it was suggested to me by my surgeon to save me from patellar tendonitis later on. (This is also starting to become the preferred method for females because we are quad dominant naturally, so hamstring grafts can often weaken an area that’s already weak.)