The therapeutic orientation in vertical fractures of the patella
Floareş, G.; Creţu, A.; Hobincă, S.
Revista Medico-Chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici Si Naturalisti Din Iasi 100(3-4): 255-258
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-7848 PMID: 9455476 Document Number: 469070
Starting from the rareness of vertical fractures of the patella, in connection with a clinical case, the authors present this entity and the therapeutical problems in correction with this type of fracture. Interfragmentary diastasis is more than 3 mm, so the authors choose for treatment the osteosynthesis with a spongious screw placed horizontally, perpendicular on the fracture, keeping the integrity of the prepatellar fibrous planes. The authors appreciate that orthopedic treatment is reserved to the incomplete fractures or fractures without displacement.