title: Arthroscopic treatment of painful Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome in a professional handball player.
abstract: Sinding-Larsen-Johansson (SLJ) syndrome is a type of osteochondrosis of the distal pole of the patella most often caused by repeated microtrauma. Here, we describe the case of a professional athlete with painful SLJ syndrome treated arthroscopically. A 29-year-old male professional handball player presented with anterior knee pain that persisted after 4 months of an eccentric rehabilitation protocol and platelet-rich plasma injections. Despite this conservative treatment, the patient could not participate in his sport. The SLJ lesion was excised arthroscopically, which led to complete disappearance of symptoms and return to competitive sports after 5 months.
authors.affiliation: Centre orthopédique Santy, FIFA medical center of excellence, hôpital privé Jean-Mermoz, groupe Ramsay-Générale de santé, 69008 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kajetanek
authors.affiliation: Centre orthopédique Santy, FIFA medical center of excellence, hôpital privé Jean-Mermoz, groupe Ramsay-Générale de santé, 69008 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thaunat
authors.affiliation: Centre orthopédique Santy, FIFA medical center of excellence, hôpital privé Jean-Mermoz, groupe Ramsay-Générale de santé, 69008 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guimaraes
authors.affiliation: Clinique mutualiste chirurgicale, 3, rue Le Verrier, 42100 Saint-Etienne, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Carnesecchi
authors.affiliation: Kansas City University, Kansas, MO, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daggett
authors.affiliation: Centre orthopédique Santy, FIFA medical center of excellence, hôpital privé Jean-Mermoz, groupe Ramsay-Générale de santé, 69008 Lyon, France. Electronic address: sonnerycottet@aol.com.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sonnery-Cottet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D056352:Athletes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000068958:Return to Sport
keywords: Anterior knee pain; Patella bipartite; Professional athlete; Sinding-Larsen-Johansson