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1: Knee. 2005 Apr;12(2):139-43.Click here to read Links

Reconstruction of ruptured patellar tendon after total knee arthroplasty: a case report and a description of an alternative fixation method.

Järvelä T, Halonen P, Järvelä K, Moilanen T.

Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. timo.jarvela@sci.fi

Patellar tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty is a rare, but often catastrophic complication. Many different reconstruction techniques of patellar tendon rupture have been described with variable and often discouraging results. A case report with patellar tendon rupture after a total knee arthroplasty is presented. Also, an alternative surgical technique of reconstruction of the patellar tendon using a semitendinosus-gracilis (STG) graft with an interference screw and a staple fixation enabling an immediate mobilization is described.

PMID: 15749450 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]