Bipolar infrapatellar tendon rupture.
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.
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Department of Orthopaedics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29203, USA.
D002648:Child; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries*; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries