Cargando…

Re-revision of a patellar tendon rupture in a young professional martial arts athlete

A 27-year-old professional martial arts athlete experienced recurrent right knee patellar tendon rupture on three occasions. He underwent two operations for complete patellar tendon rupture: an end-to-end tenorrhaphy the first time, and revision with a bone-patellar-tendon (BPT) allograft. After the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vadalà, A., Iorio, R., Bonifazi, A. M., Bolle, G., Ferretti, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22008978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-011-0160-0
Descripción
Sumario:A 27-year-old professional martial arts athlete experienced recurrent right knee patellar tendon rupture on three occasions. He underwent two operations for complete patellar tendon rupture: an end-to-end tenorrhaphy the first time, and revision with a bone-patellar-tendon (BPT) allograft. After the third episode, he was referred to our department, where we performed a surgical reconstruction with the use of hamstring pro-patellar tendon, in a figure-of-eight configuration, followed by a careful rehabilitation protocol. Clinical and radiological follow-ups were realized at 1, 3, and 6 months and 1 and 2 years postop, with an accurate physical examination, the use of recognized international outcome scores, and radiograph and MRI studies. As far as we know, this is the first paper to report a re-revision of a patellar tendon rupture.