J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1990 Feb;25(1):84-92. 10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.1.84.

A Clinical Study of the Patellar Fracture

• Kim BJ
• Ko HS
• Lim Y
• Kim HS

• KMID: 2445439
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.1.84

Abstract

Recently the fracture of patella has increasing tendency due to frequent traffic and industrial accidents. In this series, we treated 141 fractures of patella from January, 1980 to November, 1988 at the Department of Orthopedic surgery, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, and obtained following re sults: 1. Peak age was third to fifth decades. 2. The most common cause of fracture was traffic accident. 3. Comminuted fracture was the most common type in this series. 4. Men predominate in a ratio of nearly 7:l. 5. 101 cases were treated with Modified Tension Band Wiring(41 cases), Tenison Band Wiring (21 cases), Partial Patellectomy(21 cases), Total Patellectomy(9 cases), Circumferential Wiring (9 cases). 6. The most favorable results were obtained by Modified Tension Band Wiring method as compared with other fixation techniques.

Keyword

Patellar Fracture

MeSH Terms

Accidents, Occupational
Accidents, Traffic
Clinical Study*
Fractures, Comminuted
Humans
Male
Methods
Orthopedics
Patella
Seoul