Surgical Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy

摘要: Patellar tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal disorder among recreational and professional athletes. It has an important impact on the athletes’ careers, because of its high prevalence, resulting impairment knee function, chronic clinical course Surgery recommended in presence patellar only when conservative treatment failed. Both open arthroscopic procedures are widely used, even if arthroscopy preferred due to shorter recovery times. The surgical rationale consists debridement damaged tissue, performing apicectomy could be option case bony protrusion. mean time return sports activities 3–6 months.The healing process requires avoid postoperative complications, thus rehabilitation program should not too aggressive.