Related Experiment Videos
Rupture of the quadriceps tendon after total knee arthroplasty. A case report
N Fernandez-Baillo1, E G Garay, J M Ordoñez
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
Reported herein is the case of a 45-year-old woman with knee involvement due to rheumatoid arthritis. She had a total knee arthroplasty with a rupture of the quadriceps tendon 1 month later. Surgical repair of the rupture was performed following the Scuderi technique plus reinforcement with Dacron (Lig Aid, Levallois, Cedex, France) tape cerclage. An above-knee walking-plaster cast was applied with the knee in full extension for 6 weeks. The functional result was good 1 year after surgery.