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We describe a rare case of a patellar tendon “re-rupture” at the opposite end of a previous proximal tendon repair. A 32-year-old male with a history of surgically repaired right proximal patellar tendon rupture presented with an acute non-traumatic right knee pain and instability during sports. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a complete rupture of his distal patellar tendon at the tibial tuberosity. The patellar tendon was repaired using two 5.5 mm BioCorkscrews (Arthrex) inserted into the tibial tuberosity; the tendon was stitched with the No. 2 fiberwires using Krackow technique. As the patellar tendon was degenerative, the repair was augmented with a semitendinosus tendon harvested using an open tendon stripper, leaving the distal attachment intact. At 2.6 years followup he had mild anterior knee pain, range of motion 0–1300 and was able to squat. MRI scan done at followup revealed good healing of repaired patellar tendon.
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Koh, B.T.H., Sayampanathan, A.A. & Lee, K.T. Patellar tendon re-rupture on the opposite end of the previous site of surgical repair. IJOO 51, 334–336 (2017). https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.205687
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