Anterior Knee Pain after tibial LL - solution?

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QuoteThe classic parapatellar and transtendon approaches are associated with postoperative knee pain. The etiology of this pain is likely multifactorial, including stretching the tendon intraoperatively, damage and scarring to the soft tissues, and infrapatellar nerve injury. This pain has a significant impact on patient outcome, particularly in young manual laborers, who are most commonly affected by tibial shaft fractures. The percutaneous lateral suprapatellar incision theoretically avoids these potential causes of pain, likely improving patient outcome and increasing patient satisfaction. It also allows the patient to avoid periods of limited activity due to the healing of a split tendon. This can be particularly important for athletes.

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QuoteThe lateral suprapatellar access route for placement of an intramedullary nail in tibial fractures is an alternative that may be viable with adequate instruments, which need to be developed through more controlled studies.

 

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Quote from: Sweden on August 04, 2014, 01:25:00 AMNice to hear. Hopefully there will be a safe way to remove the rods in my legs in the future without having severe knee pain.

I'm not taking the risk of opening my knees again.