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Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit
The loss of knee extension, even if minimal, is disabling and considerably affects the individual's quality of life. This loss of extension can be a consequence of prior surgery, including a previous anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Although this loss of extension may be treated throu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29354470 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2017.06.033 |
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author | Gomes, João Luiz Ellera Leie, Murilo Anderson de Freitas Soares, Arthur Ferrari, Márcio Balbinotti Sánchez, George |
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description | The loss of knee extension, even if minimal, is disabling and considerably affects the individual's quality of life. This loss of extension can be a consequence of prior surgery, including a previous anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Although this loss of extension may be treated through an isolated arthroscopic procedure, a more severe case may warrant an invasive approach. In these cases, a posterior capsulotomy of the knee may be done if all conservative measures have been exhausted. This procedure has been proven to be safe and effective in the re-establishment of full extension in the setting of a minor flexion contracture of the knee. The purpose of this Technical Note was to describe our preferred technique when performing an open posterior capsulotomy of the knee for the treatment of minimal extension deficit. |
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spelling | pubmed-57099712018-01-19 Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit Gomes, João Luiz Ellera Leie, Murilo Anderson de Freitas Soares, Arthur Ferrari, Márcio Balbinotti Sánchez, George Arthrosc Tech Technical Note The loss of knee extension, even if minimal, is disabling and considerably affects the individual's quality of life. This loss of extension can be a consequence of prior surgery, including a previous anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Although this loss of extension may be treated through an isolated arthroscopic procedure, a more severe case may warrant an invasive approach. In these cases, a posterior capsulotomy of the knee may be done if all conservative measures have been exhausted. This procedure has been proven to be safe and effective in the re-establishment of full extension in the setting of a minor flexion contracture of the knee. The purpose of this Technical Note was to describe our preferred technique when performing an open posterior capsulotomy of the knee for the treatment of minimal extension deficit. Elsevier 2017-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5709971/ /pubmed/29354470 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2017.06.033 Text en © 2017 by the Arthroscopy Association of North America. Published by Elsevier. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Technical Note Gomes, João Luiz Ellera Leie, Murilo Anderson de Freitas Soares, Arthur Ferrari, Márcio Balbinotti Sánchez, George Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit |
title | Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit |
title_full | Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit |
title_fullStr | Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit |
title_full_unstemmed | Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit |
title_short | Posterior Capsulotomy of the Knee: Treatment of Minimal Knee Extension Deficit |
title_sort | posterior capsulotomy of the knee: treatment of minimal knee extension deficit |
topic | Technical Note |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29354470 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2017.06.033 |
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