Bipolar infrapatellar tendon rupture.

Berg, E E · J Pediatr Orthop · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Traumatic patella alta in children occurs either distal to the patellar tendon as a tibial tubercle apophyseal fracture or proximally as an osteochondral sleeve fracture of the inferior patellar pole. Acute surgical exploration in a pediatric case of a knee extensor mechanism rupture revealed both proximal and distal (bipolar) patellar tendon pathology.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy