Rare sleeve fracture of the superior patella pole in an adult due to forceful passive physiotherapy following cast immobilization
- Authors
- Ro, Kyung-Han; Park, Jong-Hoon; Kim, Myo-Jong; Lee, Dae-Hee
- Issue Date
- 3월-2014
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Sleeve fracture; Patella; Adult
- Citation
- KNEE, v.21, no.2, pp.600 - 604
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- SCIE
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- Journal Title
- KNEE
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 600
- End Page
- 604
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/99200
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.knee.2013.03.007
- ISSN
- 0968-0160
- Abstract
- Sleeve fractures are generally restricted to children or adolescents, and usually occur at the lower patella pole. Here we report on a superior pole sleeve fracture in an adult that occurred following forceful passive physiotherapy after cast immobilization. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a superior pole sleeve fracture in an otherwise healthy adult. The case highlighted that a diagnosis of a superior patella pole sleeve fracture in an adult can easily be missed because it is a rare injury, and hence is unlikely to be suspected by physicians. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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