[Endoscopic therapy of pre-patellar bursitis].
Prepatellar bursitis often results from sport-specific activities (e.g. wrestling, soccer, volleyball or ice hockey) or from work-related injuries (e.g. concrete finishing). In such cases, when conservative therapy is not successful, the bursa must be openly removed. Over a period of five years, our clinic conducted a total of 22 arthroscopic bursectomies. The following describes the endoscopic surgery, the postoperative clinical treatment and the results of the associated therapy. A follow-up examination of 22 patients were clinically revealed as successful operation. In one case a recurring bursitis was diagnosed, which deemed necessary an open bursectomy. Six of the patients were professional-caliber athletes (wrestlers, soccer and ice hockey players) and were able to return to their competitive sports following 24 days of rehabilitation. The average return-to-work time was 18 days. It is our opinion that endoscopic bursectomy of bursitis prepatellaris is a less radical and promising technique, given the fact that it can be performed an on out-patient basis using local anaesthesia.
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Sportkrankenhaus Hellersen, Abteilung Sportmedizin.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D020679:Arthroscopes; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002062:Bursitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019723:Endoscopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome