ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2023
Similar Outcomes Are Found Between Quadriceps Tendon Repair With Transosseous Tunnels and Suture Anchors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Quadriceps Tendon Ruptures: A Clinical Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Patients have restored extensor mechanism function with low complication rates following quadriceps tendon repair: A systematic review.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Transosseous Quadriceps Tendon Repair With Knotless All-Suture Anchors Is Biomechanically Superior to Traditional Transosseous Fixation.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Quadriceps Tendon Repair Using All-Suture Suture Button Anchors.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
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- Predictors of functional recovery following surgical repair of quadriceps tendon rupture: insights from a German multicentre study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Observational
- Quadriceps tendon ruptures: a narrative review.Annals of joint · 2025Review
- Bilateral Traumatic Rupture of the Quadriceps Tendon - A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes and biomechanical performance of transosseous tunnels compared with suture anchors for quadriceps tendon repair. Methods: In accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, a systematic search was performed in April 2021 in the following databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, PubMed (1980-2021), MEDLINE (1980-2021), Embase (1980-2021), and CINAHL (1980-2021). Level I-IV studies were included if they provided outcome data for surgical repair of the quadriceps tendon using transosseous tunnels or suture anchors with minimum 1-year follow-up. Biomechanical studies comparing transosseous tunnels and suture anchors were separately analyzed. Results: The systematic search yielded 1,837 citations, 23 of which met inclusion criteria (18 clinical, 5 biomechanical). In total, 13 studies reported results for transosseous repair and 7 studies reported results for repair with suture anchors. There were results for 508 patients from clinical studies. The average postoperative Lysholm score ranged from 88 to 92 for suture anchor repairs and 72.8 to 94 for transosseous repairs with range of motion ranging from 117° to 138° and 116° to 135°, respectively. Synthesis of the biomechanical data revealed the mean difference in load to failure was not significant between constructs (137.21; 95% confidence interval -10.14 to 284.57 N; Conclusions: Transosseous and suture anchor techniques for quadriceps tendon repair result in similar biomechanical and postoperative outcomes. No difference between techniques in regard to ultimate load to failure among comparative biomechanical studies were observed. Level of Evidence: Level IV, systematic review level III-IV studies.
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