Treatment of proximal patellar tendon rupture with custom-made anchor-like plate and suture: cases report and literature review

Hongfei Qi; Zhong Li; Teng Ma; Cheng Ren; Yibo Xu; Qiang Huang; Kun Zhang; Ming Li

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2023.1170760

Treatment of proximal patellar tendon rupture with custom-made anchor-like plate and suture: cases report and literature review

Front Surg. 2023 May 9:10:1170760. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1170760. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Hongfei Qi¹, Zhong Li¹, Teng Ma¹, Cheng Ren¹, Yibo Xu¹, Qiang Huang¹, Kun Zhang¹, Ming Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Hong Hui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi'an, China.

Abstract

We reported 2 cases of patellar tendon rupture at the lower pole of the patella. For patellar tendon rupture, simple suture fixation has been proved to be inadequate in strength. Our center uses custom-made anchor-like plate and suture to treat proximal patellar fracture. The fixation strength is reliable, no additional bone tunnel is required, and the fixation of the lower patellar fracture can be achieved at the same time. After the operation, the patient starts functional exercise of the knee joint at an early stage, The function of the knee joint of the patient recovered well after 1 year, without other complications.

Keywords: bone plates; case report; patellar tendon; rupture repair; surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a project grant from the Scientific Research Program Funded by Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2022JQ-299).