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.