Day case transradial percutaneous intervention with a 6-hr period of post procedure observation is a safe and feasible practice. The presence of higher-risk features should not be considered an absolute indication for overnight admission in patients considered clinically appropriate for discharge.
Rupture of the ligamentum patellae tends to occur within Its substance, in association with oral steroid medication, and/or active collagen disease. By comparison, avulsion of tendon from bone tends to occur in patients who are not taking oral steroid preparatfons and are not actively affected by one of the collagen diseases. Surgical repair produces excellent results.
While TC is a reversible condition with low rates of complications and recurrence at follow up it is, as demonstrated in our cohort, associated with significant in-hospital morbidity in a proportion of patients.
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