Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2018

A STUDY OF FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF PATELLAR FRACTURES TREATED WITH PARTIAL PATELLECTOMY

Dr. Joseph B. Joseph, Dr. Manoj M. K, Dr. Jose Francis C.

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We have done a prospective study for the management of inferior pole patellar fractures treated by partial patellectomy in 20 patients over a period of 18 months from Feuary 2014 to July 2015 in the Department Of Orthopaedics, Govt. Medical College Hospital, Thrissur.

All the patients were pre –operatively assessed both clinically and radiologically and operated by partial patellectomy, out of which 5 cases also required protection of the repair with stainless steel wire. Follow up of the patient was done  at 3rdweek, 4th week, at one month intervals for 3 months and then at 4.5 months and 6 months.

In our study, 12 patients had excellent functional outcome, 6 patients had good functional outcome, and 2 had fair outcome as assessed by knee society scoring system. The results of our study were comparable with other studies in the literature. Physiotherapy is a very essential tool of success in the management of these fractures, which helps in reducing complications like stiffness of the knee and in providing good functional outcome. Long term follow up is necessary to assess late complications like osteoarthritis and late functional outcome.

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Dr. Joseph B. Joseph, Dr. Manoj M.K, Dr. Jose Francis C., A STUDY OF FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF PATELLAR FRACTURES TREATED WITH PARTIAL PATELLECTOMY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2018


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