• H X Liu, H Wen, Y Z Hu, H C Yu, and X Y Pan.
• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 109, Xueyuanxi road, 32027 Wenzhou, China.
• Orthop Traumatol Sur. 2014 May 1; 100 (3): 333-5.

AbstractTo release extension contracture of the knee, the authors used a minimally invasive technique: percutaneous quadriceps tendon pie-crusting release. Percutaneous pie-crusting release was performed using an 18-gauge needle to puncture the stiff fibrous band of the distal and lateral quadriceps tendon under maximum knee flexion. Quadriceps contracture was gradually released by multiple needle punctures. A knee brace was prescribed for one week and knee flexion exercises were performed on the first postoperative day. This technique was performed in seven post-traumatic stiff knees and five stiff total knee arthroplasties. Mean maximum flexion increased from 37° preoperatively to 50° after arthrolysis and 107(o) after pie-crusting. At a mean follow-up of eight months, mean maximum flexion was 103°. There were no major complications. The technique of quadriceps tendon pie-crusting release is a simple, minimally invasive and effective treatment for knee extension contracture.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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