Comparison of the cable pin system with conventional open surgery for transverse patella fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The cable pin system is an effective device for fixation of transverse patella fractures. However, whether this device provides superior results using a minimally invasive technique instead of conventional open surgery using the K wire tension band method is unclear.

Questions/purposes

We asked whether a minimally invasive technique would be associated with (1) increased operative time; (2) reduced postoperative pain; (3) faster recovery of ROM; (4) higher knee scores; and (5) reduced complications.

Methods

Forty patients with displaced transverse fractures of the patella participated in this prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Twenty of these patients underwent a minimally invasive technique and the others had conventional open surgery using K wires

SUBMITTER: Mao N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3676588 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature