Unusual total knee immobilization in an elderly patient due to inferior patella dislocation: Case report and review of the literature

Inferior dislocation of the patella is a rare cause of a blocked knee and occurs typically in elderly patients. In most cases the mechanism is an osteophyte on the superior pole of the patella that becomes entrapped into the femoral trochlea, keeping the patella horizontally rotated and inferior loc...

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Autores principales: Zimmermann, J., Grüninger, P., Babians, A., Zingg, U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8100609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100481

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8100609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100481

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