Tauber Mark, Matis Nicholas, Resch Herbert
Department of Traumatology, University Hospital of Salzburg, Müllner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2007 Jan;15(1):83-7. doi: 10.1007/s00167-006-0107-9. Epub 2006 Aug 15.
The authors report about a case of traumatic separation of a horizontally bipartite patella in a young female soccer player. Unspecific anterior knee pain preceded the fracture, which had occurred after an inadequate trauma. Open reduction and osteosynthesis led to bony union with an excellent clinical outcome at follow-up.