Internal fixation of displaced inferior pole of the patella fractures using vertical wiring augmented with Krachow suturing.

Oh, Hyoung-Keun; Choo, Suk-Kyu; Kim, Ji-Wan; Lee, Mark

Oh, Hyoung-Keun; Choo, Suk-Kyu; Kim, Ji-Wan; Lee, Mark.

Affiliation

Oh HK; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: osd11@paik.ac.kr.
Choo SK; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Republic of Korea.
Kim JW; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haewoundae Paik Hospital, Inje University, Republic of Korea.
Lee M; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, CA, United States.

Injury ; 46(12): 2512-5, 2015 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26482481

Subject(s)

Fracture Fixation, Internal; Fracture Healing; Fractures, Bone/surgery; Fractures, Comminuted/surgery; Knee Joint/surgery; Patella/surgery; Adult; Aged; Bone Wires; Female; Fracture Fixation, Internal/methods; Fractures, Bone/diagnostic imaging; Fractures, Bone/physiopathology; Fractures, Comminuted/diagnostic imaging; Fractures, Comminuted/physiopathology; Humans; Knee Joint/physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Patella/diagnostic imaging; Patella/injuries; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Range of Motion, Articular; Retrospective Studies; Sutures; Treatment Outcome

Key words

Krackow suture; Patellar fracture; Separate vertical wiring

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patella / Fracture Healing / Fractures, Comminuted / Fractures, Bone / Fracture Fixation, Internal / Knee Joint Type of study: Guideline / Observational_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2015 Type: Article

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