Patellar fracture following surgery for patellar instability

Knee

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-123

  Muthukumar, N ^a,c   Angus, P D ^b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dewsbury and District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lateral release; Medial reefing; Patellar blood supply; Patellar fracture; Recurrent dislocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATELLA; PATELLA FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WALKING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLA; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 1842504186     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(03)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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