Direct Repair without Augmentation of Patellar Tendon Avulsion following TKA

Complications involving the extensor mechanism after TKA are potentially disastrous. We are reporting a case of patellar tendon rupture from tibial tuberosity following total knee arthroplasty. We managed it by direct repair with fiberwire using Krackow suture technique without augmentation. Our lon...

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Main Authors: Ravi Mittal, Nishikant Kumar, Chandrashekhar Yadav, Ashok Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/391295