Patella Bone Procedure

A teenage boy named Daniel enters the emergency room limping and crying. He stated that he flew off of his skateboard and landed directly on his right knee on the concrete road. The nurses asked Daniel for phone number to call his mother to let her know where he was. As the doctor entered the room, he proceeded to view the area and stated that a specialist will have to do surgery on the knee because the patella and ligaments had been fractured and torn. The doctor gave him medicine to make him unconscious during surgery. The patella bone is known as the knee cap. This bone helps us walk and keep our balance.The patella is not connected to any other bone. The patella is in the medial area of the leg. The patella is attached …show more content…
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The surgeon’s first step is to clean the area before making any incision, if not the patient with have to deal with infections to the body. Once the area is clean, make the incision about 8 to 10 inches across the front of the knee to view the patella bone. After the knee is cut open, the next step is to rotate the fractured patella outside the knee area. This rotation method allows the surgeon to clearly view the area to see any broken pieces of the bone and torn ligaments. The next step is to prepare the femur to help stabilize the knee replacement. To prepare the femur, the surgeon will have to cut away the damaged bone and the cartilage located at the bottom of the femur bone. Next the surgeon will implant the metal femoral component with bone cement at the end of the femur, where the knee is located After the femur is prepared to support the patella, the surgeon will prepare the second bone that supports the patella, the tibia. Once the tibia’s flat metal component is attached, the doctor will have to connect the patella bone back inside the leg with a metal component to keep it even and