Management and subsequent outcomes of patellar sleeve injuries: A retrospective case series of 90 pediatric and adolescent patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aims to report the epidemiology of patellar sleeve injuries, describe diagnostic findings and treatment, and assess functional outcomes following different treatments.

Methods

A medical database was queried from 1990 to 2016 to identify patients ≤18 years presenting to a single pediatric institution with a patellar sleeve injury. Patients with significant comorbidities or previously operatively treated for ipsilateral knee injuries were excluded. Standard demographic data, mechanism of injury, skeletal maturity, injury-related radiographic parameters, along with treatment paradigms, post-treatment clinical and radiographic findings, and patient-reported outcomes were collected.

Results

A total of 90 patients, mean age of 10.7 years (range: 7-17) was

SUBMITTER: Yellin JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984153 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature