title: Bilateral pertrochanteric fractures with bilateral patellar fractures with missed medial process fracture of talus in a young adult: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Management of polytrauma patients is one the most difficult and challenging tasks for an orthopaedic surgeon, and it includes different aspects of intervention: emergent resuscitative care, early surgical care, post-operative care and delayed rehabilitative care. We report an interesting case of multiple skeletal injuries with a coexisting pattern of fractures of bilateral patellae with bilateral pertrochanteric fractures of femur with a missed talar fracture following a dashboard type of injury in a road traffic accident. We are not aware of a similar case reported in literature in the past. We highlight the management protocol in such a case and review the available literature regarding such a presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh 160 012, India. kamalpgi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bali
authors.forename: Vibhu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013628:Talus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery