title: Patellar fractures. A 30-year follow-up.
abstract: Forty patients who had had a patellar fracture during the years 1950-58 were reevaluated 30 years later. A clinical and radiographic examination was performed. Fourteen patients had subjective complaints. Two thirds of the patients who had more than 2-mm diastasis or 1-mm incongruity had complaints and reduced quadriceps strength. Radiographically, all the patients had a reduction in the lateral patellofemoral distance in the axial view with the greatest reduction in the knees with diastasis or incongruity of the fracture.
authors.affiliation: Lund University Department of Orthopedics, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Johnell
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Redlund-Johnell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography