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Endoscopic Resection of Avulsed Fragment of Tibial Tuberosity and Endoscopic-Assisted Repair of Patellar Tendon.

ABSTRACT: An avulsion fracture of part of the tibial tuberosity can occur as a result of a tophaceous tuberosity or Osgood-Schlatter disease. We describe an endoscopic technique of debridement, bone fragment resection, and tendon repair. This technique has the potential advantage of fewer wound complications. It is performed through proximal and distal portals on the sides of the patellar tendon. The working space is deep to the tendon. After debridement of the tendon and resection of the bone fragment, the tendon gap is assessed. Endoscopic-assisted side-by-side repair is performed to close the gap if the gap is less than 30% of the width of the tendon. If the gap is more than 30% of the width of the tendon, the proximal stump of the avulsed tendon can be retrieved through the proximal portal. Krackow suture with stay stitches is applied to the proximal stump. The stump is put back and sutured to the tibial insertion through a bone tunnel or suture anchor. This is augmented by side-by-side suturing of the avulsed tendon with the adjacent normal tendon.

SUBMITTER: Lui TH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4887428 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Endoscopic Resection of Avulsed Fragment of Tibial Tuberosity and Endoscopic-Assisted Repair of Patellar Tendon.

Lui Tun Hing TH

Arthroscopy techniques 20151223 6

An avulsion fracture of part of the tibial tuberosity can occur as a result of a tophaceous tuberosity or Osgood-Schlatter disease. We describe an endoscopic technique of debridement, bone fragment resection, and tendon repair. This technique has the potential advantage of fewer wound complications. It is performed through proximal and distal portals on the sides of the patellar tendon. The working space is deep to the tendon. After debridement of the tendon and resection of the bone fragment, t ...[more]

PMID: 27284523

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Project description:BackgroundSeveral methods have been described to measure external rotation of the tibial tuberosity; all use femoral landmarks.PurposeTo develop reproducible tibial-based methods to measure external rotation of the tibial tuberosity in patients with patellar instability.Study designCross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.MethodsIncluded were magnetic resonance images of 61 patients with patellar instability and 61 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Three novel methods using tibial landmarks to measure the rotation of the tibial tuberosity (plateau axis-tuberosity axis [PA-TA] angle, tibial geometric center-tuberosity axis [GC-TA] angle, and plateau axis-midtuberosity point [PA-MT] angle) as well as a femoral-based rotational measurement (surgical transepicondylar axis-tuberosity axis [sTEA-TA] angle) and the tibial tuberosity-trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance were measured and compared in instability patients and controls using unpaired t tests, and the cutoff values for predicting instability were calculated using receiver operating characteristic curves. The correlations between the angle measurements and the TT-TG distance were analyzed.ResultsInstability patients had significantly higher external rotation of the tibial tuberosity compared with controls with regard to the PA-TA angle (18.2° ± 9.6° versus 13.1° ± 6.8°; P = .001), GC-TA angle (8.4° ± 4.5° versus 11.5° ± 3.9°; P = .0001) and sTEA-TA angle (122° ± 8.5° versus 113.6° ± 6.3°; P = .0001). The mean TT-TG distance was also significantly higher in the instability group (18.2 ± 5.4 versus 11.5 ± 2.7 mm; P = .001). The cutoff values were 17.5° (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC] = 0.66) for PA-TA angle, 8.5° (AUC = 0.705) for GC-TA angle, 118.8° (AUC = 0.79) for sTEA-TA angle, and 15.2 mm for TT-TG distance (AUC = 0.863). PA-TA angle was significantly correlated with all other measurements (r = 0.35-0.71; P ≤ .006 for all), whereas sTEA-TA angle had the strongest correlation with TT-TG distance (r = 0.78; P = .001).ConclusionThe tibial tuberosity was externally rotated in patellar instability patients compared with age- and sex-matched controls, and this intrinsic malalignment of the proximal tibia was demonstrated in the tibial-based measurements.

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Endoscopic Resection of Avulsed Fragment of Tibial Tuberosity and Endoscopic-Assisted Repair of Patellar Tendon.

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Endoscopic Resection of Avulsed Fragment of Tibial Tuberosity and Endoscopic-Assisted Repair of Patellar Tendon.

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