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Case Reports
Spontaneous bilateral patellar tendon rupture: a case report and review of the literature.
- Biagio Moretti, Angela Notarnicola, Lorenzo Moretti, Raffaele Garofalo, and Vittorio Patella.
- Department of Clinic Methodology, Clinic Surgery Technology, 2nd and 3rd Operative Units of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Policlinico Hospital, University of Study of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, Bari, Italy. bmoretti.ortop2@uniba.it
- Chir Organi Mov. 2008 Jan 1; 91 (1): 51-5.
AbstractBilateral rupture of the patellar tendon is a very rare injury. It occurs in association with chronic systemic diseases or corticosteroid medications. We report a case of a 13-year-old child with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome presenting a bilateral patellar tendon disruption of proximal insertion that occurred with a trivial trauma. Surgical management consisting in tendon repair with a suture anchor technique protected temporarily with a cerclage wiring gives a good outcome.
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