A 'sandwich' method of reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament using a titanium interference screw for patellar instability in skeletally immature patients
| Autor: | Taku Tadenuma, Masaru Kadowaki, Suguru Kuwata, Yuji Uchio, Nobuyuki Kumahashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Joint Instability
Male musculoskeletal diseases medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Knee Joint Bone Screws Medial patellofemoral ligament medicine Humans Orthopedic Procedures Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Child Retrospective Studies Fixation (histology) Titanium Subluxation Lateral release Medial collateral ligament business.industry Patella General Medicine musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Ligaments Articular Orthopedic surgery Female business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 132:1077-1083 |
| ISSN: | 1434-3916 0936-8051 |
| Popis: | No standard surgical procedure for medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction exists in skeletally immature patients with patellar instability. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a novel reconstruction technique for the MPFL in patients with patellar instability because of non-closure of the epiphyseal line. The “sandwich” method was fixation of the patella between a double-stranded semitendinosus tendon through the posterior third of the femoral insertion of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) as a pulley with a titanium interference screw in a single patellar tunnel. Five knees in five patients were studied: four with recurrent and one with habitual patellar dislocations. Subjects underwent MPFL reconstruction with or without lateral release. Patients were evaluated using pre-operative and post-operative physical and radiographic examinations, including apprehension testing, assessment of tilting and congruence angles, medial and lateral shift ratios under stress measured using X-ray imaging, and Kujala and Lysholm scores. No patient experienced recurrent post-operative episodes of dislocation or subluxation. By the final follow-up, patellar apprehension had disappeared in all patients. In addition, all patients showed significant improvement in the following: tilting angle, congruence angle, lateral shift ratio, Kujala score, and Lysholm score. The MPFL reconstruction methods, using a double-stranded semitendinosus autograft and sparing the femoral physeal line in non-closure of the epiphyseal line, provide acceptable short-term results for the treatment of patellar instability. |
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