Bipartite Patella Surgery

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Apr 18, 2011
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My young bloke (16) is going in for arthroscopic surgery on both his knees on the 25th. The surgeon said he will cutting the tendon from the quad muscle to the patella rather than excising the patella fragment. Anyone had this surgery? The surgeon has not indicated any specific rehab after surgery so I'll be asking about that. He has indicated a period of 3 months before returning to full training (in my son's case rugby) which from what I've gleaned from the Google seems long so any first hand experiences would be instructive. Thanks.
 
I had patella tendon surgery back in July, 3 months is the minimum. It will be a long road back, it took me 4 months to start running again (not very fast) and I have only just begun real running (10km+). It's the muscle wastage that is the real problem for me, but everyone's recovery will be different
 

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