Xinxian Xu1, Zhongtang Liu2, Hong Wen1, Xiaoyun Pan3. 1. The Osteopathy Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. 2. The Osteopathy Department, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. 3. The Osteopathy Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. 379806041@qq.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to follow a group of skeletally immature patients who received arthroscopy-assisted fixation of the displaced tibial eminence fractures with suture anchors and evaluate the clinical results. METHODS: Twenty-one pediatric patients with displaced tibial eminence fractures were enrolled in this retrospectively study. They received arthroscopy-assisted reduction and fixation using suture anchors. All cases were followed up for 40-47 months with a mean of 43.4 months. Follow-up examinations included radiographic assessment, Lysholm score, Tegner score, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) rating scale and KT-1000 test. RESULT: Twenty patients were available for our final evaluations. They improved significantly at the final follow-up compared with preoperative examinational results with respect to the results of radiographic assessment, Lysholm score, Tegner score, IKDC rating scale and KT-1000 test. CONCLUSION: Arthroscopy-assisted reduction and fixation of the displaced tibial eminence fractures using suture anchors is a simple and reliable technique and is suitable for skeletally immature patients.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to follow a group of skeletally immature patients who received arthroscopy-assisted fixation of the displaced tibial eminence fractures with suture anchors and evaluate the clinical results. METHODS: Twenty-one pediatric patients with displaced tibial eminence fractures were enrolled in this retrospectively study. They received arthroscopy-assisted reduction and fixation using suture anchors. All cases were followed up for 40-47 months with a mean of 43.4 months. Follow-up examinations included radiographic assessment, Lysholm score, Tegner score, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) rating scale and KT-1000 test. RESULT: Twenty patients were available for our final evaluations. They improved significantly at the final follow-up compared with preoperative examinational results with respect to the results of radiographic assessment, Lysholm score, Tegner score, IKDC rating scale and KT-1000 test. CONCLUSION: Arthroscopy-assisted reduction and fixation of the displaced tibial eminence fractures using suture anchors is a simple and reliable technique and is suitable for skeletally immature patients.
Authors: Patricia M Lutz; Stephanie Geyer; Philipp W Winkler; Markus Irger; Daniel P Berthold; Matthias J Feucht; Andreas B Imhoff; Philipp Forkel Journal: Arch Orthop Trauma Surg Date: 2021-05-19 Impact factor: 3.067