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World J Clin Cases. Nov 6, 2022; 10(31): 11349-11357
Published online Nov 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i31.11349
Early patellar tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty: A direct repair method
Tie-Jian Li, Jing-Yang Sun, Yin-Qiao Du, Jun-Min Shen, Bo-Han Zhang, Yong-Gang Zhou
Tie-Jian Li, Jing-Yang Sun, Yin-Qiao Du, Jun-Min Shen, Bo-Han Zhang, Yong-Gang Zhou, Department of Orthopedics, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
Tie-Jian Li, Jing-Yang Sun, Yin-Qiao Du, Jun-Min Shen, Bo-Han Zhang, Yong-Gang Zhou, Senior Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing 100853, China
Author contributions: Li TJ and Sun JY contributed equally to this article; Li TJ and Sun JY designed and performed the research and wrote the paper; Zhou YG designed the research and supervised the report; Du YQ designed the research and contributed to the analysis; Shen JM and Zhang BH provided clinical advice.
Institutional review board statement: The Ethics Committee of General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army approved the study protocol. All the study participants provided written informed consent for the study.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no competing interests for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Yong-Gang Zhou, PhD, Chief Physician, Department of Orthopedics, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, No. 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China. ygzhou301@163.com
Received: February 4, 2022
Peer-review started: February 4, 2022
First decision: June 15, 2022
Revised: July 28, 2022
Accepted: September 27, 2022
Article in press: September 27, 2022
Published online: November 6, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: This direct repair method of early patella tendon rupture showed unsatisfactory clinical results in this group of patients, and it was actually ineffective for the recovery of knee joint function in patients. Therefore, we suggested that direct repair should not be the preferred method to treat early patella tendon rupture, but other reconstruction methods should be boldly chosen. Our experience would be instructive for clinicians to treat early patella tendon rupture.