Patellar Tendonitis Surgery. The brace keeps your knee. Jumper s knee is a bitch.
Kiritsis will have his patients take part in formal physical therapy after knee surgery. You just need a plan and some execution. For small tears you typically wear a brace and have crutches for 3 to 6 weeks.
Make one or more small incisions cuts in the skin over the damaged tendon sew the torn ends of the tendon together check the surrounding tissue to make sure no other injuries have occurred such as injury to the blood vessels or nerves close the.
Surgery to repair the patellar tendon involves re attaching the tendon that was torn by either suturing the two torn ends together or using a different structure to bridge the gap. The tendon may also be sewn to the bone using special tools such as buttons and screws. Surgical and other procedures. This process makes small holes in the tendon.
