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SUBMITTER: Auregan JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4957171 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Auregan Jean-Charles JC Lin James D JD Lombardi Joseph M JM Jang Eugene E Macaulay William W Rosenwasser Melvin P MP
Arthroplasty today 20160226 2
Chronic disruption of the extensor mechanism is a devastating problem after total knee arthroplasty. Quadriceps tendon ruptures occur at an estimated 0.1% prevalence in the setting of total knee arthroplasty. Complete tears of the quadriceps tendon generally have poor results and high rates of rerupture. We present a case of a quadriceps tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty which reruptured after initial direct repair. The patient presented to us with a chronically retracted rerupture an ...[more]