Fractures of the patella in children and adolescents.
Patellar fractures are rare in children and usually result from high-energy trauma. Treatment guidelines generally are the same as for patellar fractures in adults. Between 1942 and 1987, 66 children with patellar fractures were treated. Exclusion of those with < 2-year follow-up, osteochondral fractures, or incomplete records left 24 patients for long-term follow-up. Overall results were good in 13, fair in eight, and poor in three. Children with fractures of the ipsilateral femur and/or tibia and those with comminuted, displaced fractures had the poorest results.
University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedics, Memphis.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications