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- Title
Bilateral patellar tendon rupture in a child: a case report.
- Authors
Muratli, Hasan Hilmi; Çelebi, Levent; Hapa, Onur; Biçimoğlu, Ali; Celebi, Levent; Biçimoğlu, Ali
- Abstract
Patellar tendon rupture in children is very rare. When it occurs, patellar tendon is usually ruptured either from the upper end as a sleeve fracture of the patella or from lower end as an avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity. In this report, we present the case of an otherwise healthy 9-years-old boy who had subsequent bilateral patellar tendon ruptures through the midparts, which has not been published previously in the literature. Treatment was performed with primary end-to-end repair, reinforcement with cerclage wires and fresh-frozen achilles tendon augmentation for both sides.
- Subjects
TENDON injuries; AVULSION fractures; BONE fractures; TIBIAL nerve; MUSCLE diseases; CHILDREN'S injuries; PATELLA injuries; TENDON surgery; ACHILLES tendon; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PATELLA; SOFT tissue injuries; SUTURING; SURGERY; DIAGNOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2005, Vol 13, Issue 8, p677
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-005-0620-2