{"title":"Gap Non-union of the Patella: Early outcome of One Stage Surgical Treatment with V-Y Quadricepsplasty and Tension Band Wiring.","authors":"","doi":"10.46940/sjomd.02.1003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Purpose: Gap non-union of the patellar is rare worldwide though commonly found in developing countries where there is a dearth of orthopaedic surgeons. It is a management challenge to the surgeon in terms of approximation of the gap between the fragments as a result of the contracture involving the quadriceps. Methods: We present two cases of gap non-union of the patella treated by a one-stage procedure involving open reduction, tension band wiring with V-Y quadricepsplasty. Results: First case is a 57-year-old man who had repair of gap non-union of the left patellar, 21 months after injury. Second case is a 34-year-old lady who had repair of gap non-union of the left patellar, 5 years after injury. Conclusions: The satisfactory clinical outcome can be obtained including improved quality-of-life of the patient with this one-stage procedure.","PeriodicalId":333227,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Journal of Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SunKrist Journal of Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Disorders","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sjomd.02.1003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Purpose: Gap non-union of the patellar is rare worldwide though commonly found in developing countries where there is a dearth of orthopaedic surgeons. It is a management challenge to the surgeon in terms of approximation of the gap between the fragments as a result of the contracture involving the quadriceps. Methods: We present two cases of gap non-union of the patella treated by a one-stage procedure involving open reduction, tension band wiring with V-Y quadricepsplasty. Results: First case is a 57-year-old man who had repair of gap non-union of the left patellar, 21 months after injury. Second case is a 34-year-old lady who had repair of gap non-union of the left patellar, 5 years after injury. Conclusions: The satisfactory clinical outcome can be obtained including improved quality-of-life of the patient with this one-stage procedure.