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27.10.2017 | Knee
Neglected patella nonunion successfully treated after 8 years by quadriceps distractive lengthening with a spanning unilateral external fixation system
Erschienen in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Ausgabe 9/2018
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Neglected patella non-unions are rare. Contraction of the quadriceps makes late repair extremely difficult. A case of distal patella pole fracture neglected for 8 years is presented. The patient was a hemiplegic young female unable to walk due to extensor mechanism deficiency with a 10 cm retraction of the patella proximal pole at her neurologically intact side. The quadriceps was lengthened using a spanning unilateral external fixation system and the fragments successfully united after trans-osseous suture repair. At 4-year follow-up the patient was independently ambulating without symptoms with a functional knee range of motion.
Level of evidence IV.