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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Tibial tubercle transfer is often used for the treatment of patella maltracking. Because the periosteum of both sides of the tibia is stripped off along the tibial tubercle and then the bilateral cortices are transferred, this procedure may disturb the blood supply to the tibial tubercle. However, the blood supply to the tibial tubercle has not yet been clearly elucidated. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of surgical dissection on blood flow to the tibial tubercle in an animal model using a hydrogen washout technique. Eleven knees of nine mongrel dogs weighing from 7.0 to 19.1 kg were utilized. The blood flow was measured using a hydrogen washout technique. Before performing the surgical procedures, the control blood flow rate of the tibial tubercle averaged 19.6 ml/min per 100 g of tissue. The blood flow rate did not significantly decrease after transecting the periosteum on the lateral side of the tibia alone (P > 0.05). After completing the tibial tubercle osteotomy, the blood flow rate averaged 11.5 ml/min per 100 g of tissue, which is a 25.3% decrease as compared with the value after transecting the periosteum on the lateral side of the tibia alone (P < 0.05). The blood flow rate significantly decreased to 3.4 ml/min per 100 g of tissue after the distal periosteal transection and osteotomy of the distal cortex of the tibial tubercle (P < 0.05). The addition of a medial periosteal transection caused a complete arrest of the blood flow in 10 out of 11 knees, or a 91.2% decrease as compared with the value after a distal periosteal transection and osteotomy of the distal cortex of the tibial tubercle (P < 0.05).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0736-0266
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of surgical dissections on blood flow to the tibial tubercle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Johnanku, Japan. Akanamiya@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article