ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 32-year-old basketball player who presented with an acute flatfoot deformity after performing a unipodal power jump. Rupture of the posterior tibial tendon within the foot was diagnosed and then treated by hamstring tendon transfer combined with application of autologous biologic preparations. The functional outcome at 18 months was good. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of posterior tibial tendon rupture treated by hamstring tendon transfer.
Subject(s)
Athletes , Hamstring Tendons/transplantation , Rupture/surgery , Tendon Injuries/surgery , Tendon Transfer/methods , Adult , Basketball , Casts, Surgical , Flatfoot/etiology , Flatfoot/surgery , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation , Platelet-Rich Plasma , Tendon Injuries/complications , Tendons/pathologyABSTRACT
Discoid menisci are frequently associated with osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the knee and are often bilateral. Patients usually present with no or few symptoms disproportionate to the size of the lesions. We report the case of a 14-year-old boy who had bilateral unstable lateral discoid menisci with unilateral stage 3 OCD treated with meniscoplasty, meniscal rim stabilization, and fixation of the OCD.
