Yes they snipped off the damaged/frayed ends of the snapped tendon and stitched it all back together.
My right knee was never the same, and my kneecap ended up staying about an inch+ higher than it was originally.
Worse news, I snapped my LEFT patella tendon on 2/25/10 coming down some stairs...
I ruptured my patellar tendon about 5 weeks ago. For those who don't know what that is, I ripped my patellar tendon totally off my kneecap and my kneecap shot up into my quad. I needed surgery to reattach it and have been laid up since.
It gets better everyday and I've started to get some...