p-ISSN: 1306-696x | e-ISSN: 1307-7945
Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
OLD UNREDUCED TRAUMATIC PATELLAR DISLOCATION [Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg]
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2003; 9(3): 215-217
OLD UNREDUCED TRAUMATIC PATELLAR DISLOCATION
Davut Keskin1, Naci Ezirmik1, Orhan Karsan1Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Erzurum, Turkey
The old unreduced traumatic patellar dislocation is very rare and the results of the treatment are not always satisfactory. We report a 11 year-old boy with an unreduced patellar dislocation and a healed ipsilateral femoral fracture. The dislocation was reduced by an operative procedure. A long leg cast was applied for 6 weeks then the knee exercises were started. One year after surgery, he still has satisfactory results. This case suggests that if the dislocation is not of long duration and degenerative changes are absent in the patella and the knee joint, open reduction may be helpful in the treatment of old unreduced traumatic patellar dislocations.
Keywords: Trauma, patellar dislocation, surgical treatment.
YERİNE KONMAMIŞ ESKİ TRAVMATİK PATELLA ÇIKIĞI
Davut Keskin1, Naci Ezirmik1, Orhan Karsan1Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Erzurum, Turkey
Davut Keskin, Naci Ezirmik, Orhan Karsan. OLD UNREDUCED TRAUMATIC PATELLAR DISLOCATION. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2003; 9(3): 215-217
Manuscript Language: Turkish