What is it?
Jumper´s knee is considered a difficult and troublesome injury to treat. However, recent research demonstrating neural infiltration in the tendon has led to a successful new mini-invasive surgical treatment method.
Under local or general anaesthetic and guided by ultrasound, infiltrative fat, blood vessels and nerves are shaved away from the deep side of the patellar tendon using an arthroscopic shaver. As treatment is performed outside the tendon, this allows for immediate weight-bearing and progressive in increase in load. Most patients can return o full loading in 8 weeks.
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