Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ro, Kyung-Han
• Park, Jong-Hoon
• Kim, Myo-Jong
• Lee, Dae-Hee

Titel

Rare sleeve fracture of the superior patella pole in an adult due to forceful passive physiotherapy following cast immobilization

Ist Teil von

• The knee, 2014-03, Vol.21 (2), p.600-604

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.