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Elevation of the tibial tubercle for patellofemoral pain syndrome

An 8- to 15-year follow-up

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Abstract

One hundred patients were operated on by the Maquet procedure for chondromalacia patellae. All of them were first re-examined after a mean follow-up of 4 years, and 65 of them re-examined after a mean follow-up of 11 years (range, 8–15 years). The pain score improved significantly after the operation and remained unchanged with longer follow-up. The success rate was only 62% at both follow-ups. Outerbridge grade IV chondral lesions at the time of surgery were associated with a significant improvement of the pain score at the 4-year follow-up and a success rate of 69%. The Maquet procedure should only be proposed for chronic retropatellar pain with grade IV chondral lesions. after conservative treatment has proven unsuccessful, as the expected failure rate is about 30%.

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100 patients opérés d'un avancement de la tubérosité tibiale antéricure selon Maquet ont été réexaminés avec un recul moyen de quatre ans, et 65 d'entre cux ont pu être réexaminés ultérieurement avec un recul moyen de onze ans (extrêmes de huit à quinze ans). L'intensité de la douleur a été significativement diminuée après l'intervention et cette amélioration est restée stable dans le temps. Mais globalement le taux de succès n'était que de 62% à chacun des deux examens. La présence à l'intervention d'une mise à nu de l'os sous-chondral était significativement associée à un meilleur résultat antalgique, avec un taux de succès de 69%. L'intervention de Maquet ne doit être proposée que pour un syndrome douloureux fémoropatellaire avec mise à nu de l'os sous-chondral, mais l'indication doit être prudente car le taux d'échec est élevé.

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Jenny, J.Y., Sader, Z., Henry, A. et al. Elevation of the tibial tubercle for patellofemoral pain syndrome. Knee Surg, Sports traumatol, Arthroscopy 4, 92–96 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01477260

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