Suture Anchor Repair With Fully Threaded Knotless Anchors for Quadriceps Tendon Rupture Resulted in Favorable Outcomes After 2 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate clinical outcomes over 2 years in cases of quadriceps tendon rupture (QTR) that were surgically treated using fully threaded knotless anchors.

Methods

A total of four knees in four male patients with QTR repaired with fully threaded knotless anchors at our hospital from November 2017 to January 2019 were enrolled. Mean patient age at surgery was 65.3 years (range: 61-70 years). Intraoperatively, stability of the sutured site was confirmed by knee flexion to 90°. Full weight walking with the orthosis in extension was commenced on the seventh postoperative day. Surgical findings, pathologies of the ruptured quadriceps tendons, and postoperative clinical outcomes were evaluated in all patients.

Results

The QTR was complete in three cases and partia

SUBMITTER: Sasaki R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8689259 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature