The article presents a medicolegal case of a French surgeon who failed to conduct a procedural step for knee replacement surgery to a 68 year-old patient. It states that the physician had no r...
A 24-year-old male presented with an open fracture of the left patella (Gustilo–Anderson grade III-A) and fracture of the left femoral lateral condyle, and subsequent patella alta suggesting rupture of the left patellar tendon. This initial injury was treated 6 months earlier in another hospit...
The main effects of the aforementioned exercise therapies are a reduction in pain with and without stress on the tendon, as well as improved athletic ability, in particular jump height. However, the current literature is sparse with regard to psychological parameters, although pain relief after a ...
Diagnosing the conditions of patella alta or baja requires an analysis of the Insall ratio, calculated as length of the patella against the length of the patellartendonat a 30-degree angle. A 1:1 ratio occurs in healthy knees; a 20% variance will indicate either of the aforementioned conditi...
Espregueira-Mendes, Lopes, J.M., Castro, C., Oliveira, J.: Time of remodelling of the patella tendon graft in anterior cruciate ligament surgery: an histological and immunohistochemical study in a rabbit model. Knee 5, 9-19 (1998)
Patellar tendon shorteningChildrenRandomized controlled trialBackground: The aims of this study were to investigate if patellar tendon shortening (PTS) as a part of SEMLS (single event multilevel surgery) is effective for reduction of flexed knee gait in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and, if...
1: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Porto University, Porto, PortugalesKneeEspregueira-Mendes, Lopes, J.M., Castro, C., Oliveira, J. (1998). Time remodeling of the patella tendon graft in anterior cruciate ligament surgery: an histological and immunohistochemical study in a rabbit model. The...
Does additional patella tendon shortening influence the effects of multilevel surgery to correct flexed knee gait in cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trialCerebral palsyMotion analysisFlexed knee gaitPatellar tendon shorteningChildrenRandomized controlled trial...
Two methods are preferably used: autografts from the hamstring tendon (HT) or patella tendon (PT). The purpose of this meta -analysis was to compare these two methods when returning to sports. METHODS. Eleven studies were included based on a literature search conducted in PubMed. The primary...