Snapping Pes Syndrome Caused by the Gracilis Tendon: Successful Selective Surgery with Specific Diagnosis by Ultrasonography.
Manabu AkagawaYoshiaki KimuraHidetomo SaitoHiroaki KijimaKimio SaitoToyohito SegawaIkuko WakabayashiTakeshi KashiwaguraNaohisa MiyakoshiYoichi ShimadaPublished in: Case reports in orthopedics (2020)
We report the case of painful snapping pes syndrome caused by the gracilis tendon. A 26-year-old man presented with acute right knee pain and restricted extension. Although snapping could not be reproduced due to severe pain, the snapping of the gracilis tendon could be specifically diagnosed using ultrasonography and lidocaine injection. Because of the failure of conservative treatment, surgery was performed. The distal attachment of the gracilis tendon was released, and the symptom disappeared quickly. There was no recurrence at the 10-month follow-up.
Keyphrases
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- minimally invasive
- rotator cuff
- chronic pain
- coronary artery bypass
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pain management
- contrast enhanced
- neuropathic pain
- total knee arthroplasty
- liver failure
- surgical site infection
- drug induced
- early onset
- magnetic resonance
- spinal cord injury
- respiratory failure
- ultrasound guided
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- aortic dissection
- replacement therapy
- smoking cessation
- postoperative pain
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation