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Patellar Tendon Excision and Repair for Residual Patella Alta after Prior Failed Patellar Tendon Repair: Surgical Decision Making and Outcome
- Source :
- Case Reports in Orthopedics, Case Reports in Orthopedics, Vol 2018 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Presented in this report is a complex revision case of a patellar tendon repair preceded by excess tendon excision to correct for recurrent patella alta deformity, in a workers’ compensation patient. The goal of this procedure was to alleviate this patient’s pain, to preserve his ability to function in his activities of daily living, and to allow him to return to work at some capacity. On postoperative radiographs, the revision procedure appeared to have successfully corrected this patient’s patella alta deformity. After an extended rehabilitation process, this patient had reached maximal medical improvement at 1-year follow-up. He displayed modest improvements in all PROs, including a clinically significant improvement in his short-form mental component score. Despite his functional capacity being still somewhat limited, this patient reported subjective satisfaction after this complicated salvage procedure.
- Subjects :
- 030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty
Rehabilitation
Activities of daily living
business.industry
Revision procedure
Radiography
medicine.medical_treatment
Case Report
030229 sport sciences
General Medicine
musculoskeletal system
Patellar tendon
Tendon
Surgery
lcsh:RD701-811
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
lcsh:Orthopedic surgery
Deformity
medicine
Patella
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20906757 and 20906749
- Volume :
- 2018
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Orthopedics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b317729b7b79fae5605d7fcc6678c52c