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01.10.2009 | Trauma Surgery
New technique for knee flexion contracture with patella infera using patellar tendon reconstruction combined with anterior capsular shift: a case report
verfasst von:
Shinro Takai, Naoya Shimazaki, Nobuyuki Yoshino, Nobuyoshi Watanabe, Noriki Nakachi, Makoto Kobayashi, Takashi Matsusita
Erschienen in:
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
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Ausgabe 10/2009
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Abstract
A 24-year-old male presented with an open fracture of the left patella (Gustilo–Anderson grade III-A) and fracture of the left femoral lateral condyle, and subsequent patella alta suggesting rupture of the left patellar tendon. This initial injury was treated 6 months earlier in another hospital. He was referred because of limited knee motion and radiographs showed severe patella infera. By means of a combination of a contralateral BTB graft and soft tissue repair named anterior capsular shift, the knee contracture with patella infera was resolved successfully.