Spontaneous bilateral patellar tendon rupture in an otherwise healthy patient: A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-92

  Quesada, Julio Quintero ^a,b   Villadeamigo, J Mora ^a   Rico, J I Abad ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLAR TENDON RUPTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SUTURE; TISSUE FLAP;

ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037295151     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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