Repair of Patellar Tendon Rupture After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Knotless Suture Bridge Technique: a Case Report

Overview

Journal J Surg Case Rep

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2022 Jun 13

PMID 35692302

Authors

Toshihiro Seki

Eiichi Shiigi

Kazushige Seki

Koji Yoshida

Tomoya Okazaki

Kazuya Uehara

Hiroshi Tanaka

Takashi Sakai

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Abstract

Few studies have reported on the use of knotless suture anchors to treat patellar tendon rupture from tibial tuberosity after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We report a case of patellar tendon rupture in an 82-year-old female. She fell 8 weeks after bilateral TKA and presented with a patellar tendon rupture. A knotless suture anchor and a fully threaded Twist-In knotless anchor with flat-braided suture were used to repairing the patellar tendon. Complications related to the extension mechanism after TKA can lead to disastrous consequences. This surgical procedure is a safe and good treatment option to repair patellar tendon rupture after TKA.

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