UNUSUAL SOLUTION TO SERIOUS TRAUMA OF THE PATELLA – A CASE REPORT
Authors:
V. Ruber; M. Mašek; P. Mach; P. Diviš *; M. Reška *
Authors‘ workplace:
1st Surgery Department, St. Anne University Hospital, Brno, Pekařská 53, 656
*; I. chirurgická klinika, FN u sv. Anny, Brno, Pekařská 53, 656
*; Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Brno, Jihlavská 20, Brno, 625
00; Klinika úrazové chirurgie, FN Brno, Jihlavská 20, Brno, 625
00
Published in:
Úraz chir. 13., 2005, č.2
Overview
In this paper we describe an unusual solution to open comminuted fracture of the patella. Our patient was a young lady and we were reluctant to use the disfiguring patellectomy. We therefore decided to save the patella using external fixation as an alternative for open and comminuted fractures of the patella.
Key words:
patella, external fixation, patellectomy.
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Trauma Surgery
2005 Issue 2
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