Acute fracture bipartite patella: case report and literature review

Ireland, M.L.; Chang, J.L.

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 27(3): 299-302

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0195-9131
PMID: 7752852
Document Number: 439690
Disorders of the patella are the most common cause of anterior knee pain. The etiologies of anterior knee pain are reviewed. A case report of an acute displaced patella fracture in a bipartite union is presented. Bipartite patellar development, incidence, radiographic findings, and clinical symptoms follow. Treatment of excision of displaced fragment provides an excellent result.

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