Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2707542 Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia 2014 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

ResumoObjetivosrevisar radiografias de pacientes vítimas de rupturas tendinosas do aparelho extensor do joelho e observar alterações que possam ser um fator predisponente a esse tipo de lesão.Métodosanalisamos, retrospectivamente, 60 lesões do mecanismo extensor do joelho, tratadas cirurgicamente no Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto, de março de 2004 a março de 2011, e quatro pacientes foram excluídos por má qualidade do exame.Resultadosdos 56 pacientes avaliados, 23 foram considerados normais e 33 apresentaram alterações radiográficas, oito (24,3%) com presença de osteófito suprapatelar isolado, sete (21,2%) com calcificação infrapatelar, sete (21,2%) com calcificação suprapatelar, seis (18,2%) com osteófitos supra e infrapatelares e cinco (15,1%) com osteófito infrapatelar isolado.Conclusãoas alterações radiográficas foram frequentes em pacientes com ruptura do mecanismo extensor.

Objectivesto review radiographs on patients who suffered tendon tears of the knee extensor apparatus and observe alterations that might be factors predisposing towards this type of injury.Methodswe retrospectively analyzed 60 cases of injury to the knee extensor mechanism that were treated surgically at the Miguel Couto Municipal Hospital between March 2004 and March 2011. Four patients were excluded due to poor quality of the examination.Resultsout of the 56 patients evaluated, 23 were considered to be normal and 33 presented radiographic alterations. Among these, eight (24.3%) presented suprapatellar osteophytes alone; seven (21.2%), infrapatellar calcification; seven (21.2%), suprapatellar calcification; six (18.2%), supra and infrapatellar osteophytes; and five (15.1%), infrapatellar osteophytes alone.Conclusionradiographic alterations were frequently observed in patients with extensor mechanism tears.

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