title: New technique for knee flexion contracture with patella infera using patellar tendon reconstruction combined with anterior capsular shift: a case report.
abstract: A 24-year-old male presented with an open fracture of the left patella (Gustilo-Anderson grade III-A) and fracture of the left femoral lateral condyle, and subsequent patella alta suggesting rupture of the left patellar tendon. This initial injury was treated 6 months earlier in another hospital. He was referred because of limited knee motion and radiographs showed severe patella infera. By means of a combination of a contralateral BTB graft and soft tissue repair named anterior capsular shift, the knee contracture with patella infera was resolved successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan. takai@kta.att.ne.jp
authors.forename: Shinro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Nobuyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Noriki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakachi
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsusita