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A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child
Patella fractures in children are rare accounting for 1 % of all paediatric fractures. Rarer still are transverse patella fractures in children with only 1 case previously described in the literature of a child less than the age of 6. We present the second case in the literature of a transverse pate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100692 |
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author | Nguyen, Antony Vather, Mehr Haj Younes, Bachar Jones, Hugh Molnar, Robert Dave, Jayker |
author_facet | Nguyen, Antony Vather, Mehr Haj Younes, Bachar Jones, Hugh Molnar, Robert Dave, Jayker |
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description | Patella fractures in children are rare accounting for 1 % of all paediatric fractures. Rarer still are transverse patella fractures in children with only 1 case previously described in the literature of a child less than the age of 6. We present the second case in the literature of a transverse patella fracture in a child, and the only case of a transverse fracture in a partially ossified patella in a 5-year-old. Our patient suffered an open patella fracture following fall with a flexed knee onto a broken tile. The case was successfully managed with adult fixation principles of patella fractures with a tension band wire construct. The patient had regular follow-up with knee radiographs showing a well healed fracture and a good range of motion of the knee at 3 months. The hardware was subsequently removed with no complications. In conclusion, we present an extremely rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a child, utilising adult fixation principles of a patella which resulted in a successful outcome for the patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-93962172022-08-24 A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child Nguyen, Antony Vather, Mehr Haj Younes, Bachar Jones, Hugh Molnar, Robert Dave, Jayker Trauma Case Rep Case Report Patella fractures in children are rare accounting for 1 % of all paediatric fractures. Rarer still are transverse patella fractures in children with only 1 case previously described in the literature of a child less than the age of 6. We present the second case in the literature of a transverse patella fracture in a child, and the only case of a transverse fracture in a partially ossified patella in a 5-year-old. Our patient suffered an open patella fracture following fall with a flexed knee onto a broken tile. The case was successfully managed with adult fixation principles of patella fractures with a tension band wire construct. The patient had regular follow-up with knee radiographs showing a well healed fracture and a good range of motion of the knee at 3 months. The hardware was subsequently removed with no complications. In conclusion, we present an extremely rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a child, utilising adult fixation principles of a patella which resulted in a successful outcome for the patient. Elsevier 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9396217/ /pubmed/36017399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100692 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Nguyen, Antony Vather, Mehr Haj Younes, Bachar Jones, Hugh Molnar, Robert Dave, Jayker A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child |
title | A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child |
title_full | A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child |
title_fullStr | A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child |
title_short | A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child |
title_sort | rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100692 |
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