Anyone ever had a ruptured patella tendon repaired by surgery? How long does it take for full recovery ?

what the orthopedic physician does is suture the ruptured tendon together, he may chose to do open surgery or do arhthroscopic surgery ( use scopes to operate ) , during surgery the anesthesiologist gives you an anesthetic ( spinal or epidural anesthetic ) so you won`t feel any pain... pain after surgery on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being very painful is about 4-6 even with adequate analgesics ( but 48 hours post surgery you should feel no pain anymore )... you will be on crutches for 4-6 weeks, weight bearing starts when your off crutches... strenous activity can start as earl as 20 weeks post-surgery...

P.S. im a doctor, an anesthesiologist, i work with bone doctors a lot... i hope i was of some help to you, thanks

I had a posterior tibula tendon repaired by surgery and it took about 8 painfull weeks to fully recover. 6 of which were in a full cast.

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