Reconstruction of chronic patellar tendon tear with allograft in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Failure of repair of the patellar tendon is uncommon. It may occur in association with chronic systemic diseases or after administration of corticosteroid and quinolones. We report the reconstruction of the patellar tendon with allograft, after failed primary repair, of a 23-year-old young with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

[Southwick osteotomy in stable slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a long-term outcome study].

Objectives: Moderate to severe chronic stable slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) produce permanent irregularities in the femoral head and acetabulum. We report a single centre long-term outcome study of Southwick's procedure for the management of moderate or severe stable chronic SCFE with irregularity of the femoral head.

Methods: In the period from January 1978 to January 1990, 20 patients (16 girls, 4 boys; mean age 13 years; range 11 to 15 years) underwent 22 Southwick osteotomies for chronic stable SCFE with closure or partial closure of the growth plate and a slip between 30 degrees and 70 degrees .

[Endo-arthroscopically assisted surgery of selected orthopaedic conditions: technique and results].

The minimally invasive and arthroscopically assisted surgery is a new therapeutic resource in the surgical treatment of degenerative and prosthetic orthopaedic pathology; in the field of neoplastic one it is just dawning. In this work the AA. report the technique and results of the arthroscopically assisted percutaneous arthrodesis of the ankle and of the arthroscopically assisted percutaneous curettage of epiphyseal chondroblastoma (E.

Reconstruction of a chronic quadriceps tendon tear in a body builder.

Chronic quadriceps tendon tears are uncommon. We report about a body builder taking a cocktail of anabolic drugs for several years in whom reconstruction of a chronic quadriceps tendon tear was performed using ipsilateral hamstring tendons with good results despite the 7 month delay between injury and surgery. The use of hamstring tendons is a good option for the management of these lesions.