what is a TTT?

[spacecadet]

Hiya everyone!

I just wondered what exactly is a TTT?
i've tried to find out but obviously aren't looking in the right places.. don't worry no ones said i need one or anything, i've just heard it refered so much on this site and always wondered what it means!

thanks all of you for always being there for me!

love always spacecadet x

[Mandy]

hello!

both of my knees had TTTs done.  my first was in feb and the other was done early june.  a TTT (Tibial Tubercle Transfer) is used to correct maltracking and malalignment of the knee joint.  my OS did a fulkerson's TTT so i really only know that kind.  there are others on the board who have had other types of TTTs. 

for the fulkerson's, the surgeon will go and make a 2-3 inch incision and fracture part of the lower leg bone where the patellar tendon is located at.  the surgeon will then move the fracture to the correct place in order to make the patella to track correctly and hopefully reslove disloactions and subluxations. 

the fracture is held in place by two screws.  so after surgery, you now can set off metal detectors!  one of the many perks! just kidding!     

i hope this helped.  i have post op diaries on the post op section that explains the surgery a little and also recovery! 

take care
~Mandy

[spacecadet]

Hiya Mandy!

thanks for the answer! really just being curious as its been mentioned by so many people..

yeah must say cant wait to set off the metal detectors at the airport as i have wire in my knee and metal plates in my arm too!
although i'm a bit annoyed that i cant stick fridge magnets to myself like i though i could!!!

thanks!
 
love spacecadet xx

[mhsflute07]

Haha....never thought of fridge magnets. I had a TTT the same day Mandy did, and so at the airport last week I asked if I would actually set off metal detectors with screws in my leg and they said yes! Haha....I wanted to try it out, but they made me go through handicapped security instead....

~Erin~

[Patty0513]

Hi Erin,
   I have had TTTs on both knees and have 2 screws in each leg.  The titanium screws don't set off the metal detectors.  I have flown several times with the screws and have never set it off.  In fact the only time I have ever set off a metal detector was after drinking radioactive iodine for some thyroid tests and then spending 2 hours under the xray machine.  They must have some kind of geiger counter as well, or else it was because I was just glowing from all the radiation!

Patty