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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 334-336 |
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Patellar tendon re-rupture on the opposite end of the previous site of surgical repair
Bryan Thean Howe KOH1, Andrew A SAYAMPANATHAN1, Keng Thiam LEE2
1 Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119228, Singapore
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433, Singapore
Correspondence Address:
Bryan Thean Howe KOH
National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block Level 11
Singapore
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.205687
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We describe a rare case of a patellar tendon “re-rupture” at the opposite end of a previous proximal tendon repair. A 32-year-old male with a history of surgically repaired right proximal patellar tendon rupture presented with an acute non-traumatic right knee pain and instability during sports. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a complete rupture of his distal patellar tendon at the tibial tuberosity. The patellar tendon was repaired using two 5.5 mm BioCorkscrews (Arthrex) inserted into the tibial tuberosity; the tendon was stitched with the No. 2 fiberwires using Krackow technique. As the patellar tendon was degenerative, the repair was augmented with a semitendinosus tendon harvested using an open tendon stripper, leaving the distal attachment intact. At 2.6 years followup he had mild anterior knee pain, range of motion 0-130[0] and was able to squat. MRI scan done at followup revealed good healing of repaired patellar tendon. |
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