Dr. John Fulkerson, President of the Patellofemoral Foundation, recently shared valuable insights in an article published by Healio, a trusted medical media company dedicated to providing health care professionals with information and education.
During the discussion, Dr. Fulkerson highlighted a critical point regarding the variability in the literature concerning the outcomes of Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy (TTO). “There is discrepancy in the literature regarding outcomes of TTO,” he remarked. “It has become clear with this research from Aakash K. Shah, BA, Sabrina M. Strickland, MD, and colleagues that technical precision is the key to success. I hasten to point out that Sercan Yalcin, MD, and Lutul D. Farrow, MD, at the Cleveland Clinic have recently published a separate study showing favorable results with low complication rates after TTO.”
Furthermore, Dr. Fulkerson emphasized the safety of certain surgical techniques, stating, “anteromedial or medial TTO is remarkably safe and free of complications when properly done with flat osteotomy and tibial notching is avoided.”
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