Traumatic bilateral concurrent patellar tendon rupture: An alterative fixation method

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-111

  Ho, Hok Ming ^a   Lee, Wai Keung Edison ^a  

^a TSEUNG KWAN O HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Case report; Knee extensor mechanism; Literature review; Soft tissue anchors; Traumatic bilateral concurrent patellar tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; LITERATURE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON RUPTURE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATELLA; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY;

ADULT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLA; RUPTURE; SOCCER; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0038148333     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-002-0332-9     Document Type: Article

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