Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient

Atraumatic avulsion of the tibial attachment of patellar tendon in adults is a very rare injury with only few published case reports. Here we are sharing the successful management and follow-up of a similar case with a different suture material for repair of the tendon, the FiberWire. We believe tha...

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Autores principales: Di Giacomo, Lorenzo Maria, Khan, M. Shahid, Bisaccia, Michele, Rende, R., Rinonapoli, G., Caraffa, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/192023
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author Di Giacomo, Lorenzo Maria
Khan, M. Shahid
Bisaccia, Michele
Rende, R.
Rinonapoli, G.
Caraffa, A.
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description Atraumatic avulsion of the tibial attachment of patellar tendon in adults is a very rare injury with only few published case reports. Here we are sharing the successful management and follow-up of a similar case with a different suture material for repair of the tendon, the FiberWire. We believe that the management we are discussing allows for early return to activity with good functional outcome.
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spelling pubmed-44915552015-07-16 Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient Di Giacomo, Lorenzo Maria Khan, M. Shahid Bisaccia, Michele Rende, R. Rinonapoli, G. Caraffa, A. Case Rep Orthop Case Report Atraumatic avulsion of the tibial attachment of patellar tendon in adults is a very rare injury with only few published case reports. Here we are sharing the successful management and follow-up of a similar case with a different suture material for repair of the tendon, the FiberWire. We believe that the management we are discussing allows for early return to activity with good functional outcome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4491555/ /pubmed/26185696 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/192023 Text en Copyright © 2015 Lorenzo Maria Di Giacomo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Di Giacomo, Lorenzo Maria
Khan, M. Shahid
Bisaccia, Michele
Rende, R.
Rinonapoli, G.
Caraffa, A.
Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient
title Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient
title_full Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient
title_fullStr Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient
title_full_unstemmed Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient
title_short Surgical Repair of an Atraumatic Avulsion of Patellar Tendon at the Tibial Tuberosity in an Adult Patient
title_sort surgical repair of an atraumatic avulsion of patellar tendon at the tibial tuberosity in an adult patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/192023
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