title: [A man with a painful knee].
abstract: A 53-year-old patient presented with a rupture of the left patellar tendon. The tendon was reconstructed using Krackow whipstitch sutures through drill holes in the patella.
authors.affiliation: Medisch Centrum Haaglanden, afd. Traumachirurgie, Den Haag, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wouter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schaasberg
authors.forename: Maarten  W G A
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bronkhorst
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D012421:Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D053441:Suture Anchors; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome