title: Repair of rectus femoris rupture with LARS ligament.
abstract: The rectus femoris muscle is the most frequently involved quadriceps muscle in strain pathologies. The majority of quadriceps muscle belly injuries can be successfully treated conservatively and even significant tears in the less active and older population, non-operative management is a reasonable option. The authors report the delayed presentation of a 17-year-old male who sustained an injury to his rectus femoris muscle belly while playing football. This young patient did not recover the functional outcome required to get back to running and participating in sport despite 15 months of physiotherapy and non-operative management. Operative treatment using the ligament augmentation and reconstruction system ligament to augment Kessler repair allowed immediate full passive flexion of the knee and an early graduated physiotherapy programme. Our patient was able to return to running and his previous level of sport without any restrictions.
authors.affiliation: Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK. cft199@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Rathan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yarlagadda
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keenan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012421:Rupture; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016474:Weight-Bearing; D014945:Wound Healing