Late reconstruction of the patellar tendon: two case reports

Reconstruction of chronic patellar tendon rupture with contralateral bone-tendon-bone autograft

“…Both IKDC and Lysholm scores have improvements for all variables; however, these findings demonstrated that the final Tegner activity scale level improved with surgery, but was worser than preinjury condition. The mean ROM was comparable with others series with a higher flexion, although without a statistically significant difference [18, 28]. The results of this study confirm improvements in all outcome scores and an excellent ROM although persistent quadriceps weakness exists and no patient was able to return to their preinjury level of activity.…”

“…The most common and comparable scoring system in the chronic repair group in other studies was the HSK score, indicating a moderate functional outcome [5, 9, 13, 18, 28]. This series was the first to use more valid current parameters to globally assess the functional and physical outcomes.…”