"Silent" transverse patellar fracture following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 997-999

  Morgan Jones, Rhidian L ^a   Cross, Thomas M ^a   Caldwell, Bruce ^a   Cross, Mervyn J ^a  

^a Australian Inst Musculo Skeletal R   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Patellar fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATELLA FRACTURE; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0035526449     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.22425     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Graf B, Uhr F. Complications of intra-articular anterior cruciate reconstruction. Clin Sports Med 1988;7:835-848.
2. Berg EE. Management of patella fractures associated with central third bone-patella tendon-bone autograft ACL reconstructions. Arthroscopy 1996;12:756-759.
3. Christen B, Jakob R. Fractures associated with patellar ligament grafts in cruciate ligament surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1992;74:617-619.
4. Bonatus TJ, Alexander AH. Patellar fracture and avulsion of the patellar ligament complicating arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. Orthop Rev 1991;20:770-774.
5. McCarroll JR. Fracture of the patella during a golf swing following reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: A case report. Am J Sports Med 1983;11:26-27.
6. Sisk D. Fracture of the patella during a golf swing following reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. Am J Sports Med 1983;11:27.
7. Edmonson AS, Crenshaw AH, eds. Campbell's operative orthopaedics. Ed 6, Vol 1. St. Louis: CV Mosby, 1980;730.