title: [Arthroscopic treatment of tibial eminence fracture with figure-of-eight suture fixation technique].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce the arthroscopic technique of figure-of-eight suture fixation for tibial eminence fracture, and to report its clinical results.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 1998 to June 2001, 21 cases of tibial eminence fracture were treated arthroscopically with figure-of-eight suture fixation technique. Active rehabilitation began one week after operation. The patients were followed up 6-24 months. The reduction and union of fracture, knee laxity, range of motion, and total knee function were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All fracture healed without displacement six weeks after operation. Three months postoperatively, no knee laxity or instability was detected in all patients; full range of motion of the affected knee returned in all patients when compared with the normal side. Six months postoperatively, the Lysholm knee score was 93.4 +/- 2.7.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Arthroscopic treatment of tibial eminence fracture with figure-of-eight suture fixation technique is reliable for fracture reduction, fixation and early mobilization. Arthroscopy is conducive to diagnoses and treatment of associated knee arthropathy, reduces the morbidity associated with arthrotomy, and restores knee function to the greatest extent when combined with figure-of-eight suture fixation techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, P.R. China 200233.
authors.forename: Jin-zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jun-jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Yao-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome