• Xinxian Xu, Zhongtang Liu, Hong Wen, and Xiaoyun Pan.
• The Osteopathy Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2017 Oct 1; 137 (10): 1409-1416.

PurposeThe aim of this study was to follow a group of skeletally immature patients who received arthroscopy-assisted fixation of the displaced tibial eminence fractures with suture anchors and evaluate the clinical results.MethodsTwenty-one pediatric patients with displaced tibial eminence fractures were enrolled in this retrospectively study. They received arthroscopy-assisted reduction and fixation using suture anchors. All cases were followed up for 40-47 months with a mean of 43.4 months. Follow-up examinations included radiographic assessment, Lysholm score, Tegner score, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) rating scale and KT-1000 test.ResultTwenty patients were available for our final evaluations. They improved significantly at the final follow-up compared with preoperative examinational results with respect to the results of radiographic assessment, Lysholm score, Tegner score, IKDC rating scale and KT-1000 test.ConclusionArthroscopy-assisted reduction and fixation of the displaced tibial eminence fractures using suture anchors is a simple and reliable technique and is suitable for skeletally immature patients.

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