Patellar fractures A 30-year follow-up
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- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 60 (6), 712-714
- https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678909149611
Abstract
Forty patients who had had a patellar fracture during the years 1950-58 were reevaluated 30 years later. A clinical and radiographic examination was performed. Fourteen patients had subjective complaints. Two thirds of the patients who had more than 2-mm diastasis or 1-mm incongruity had complaints and reduced quadriceps strength. Radiographically, all the patients had a reduction in the lateral pa-tellofemoral distance in the axial view with the greatest reduction in the knees with diastasis or incongruity of the fracture.Keywords
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