%0 Journal Article
%T Clinical Case of Bilateral Rupture of the Patellar Tendon of the Late Diagnosis
%A Kon¨¦ Samba
%A Dogba Eric
%A Nguianbanda L¨¦andre
%A Kouassi Ad¨¦laide
%A Ledion Anicet
%A Krah L¨¦opold
%A Bana Abdoulaye
%A Tour¨¦ Stanislas
%A Agoh Serge
%J Open Journal of Orthopedics
%P 235-240
%@ 2164-3016
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojo.2017.79025
%X Defined as a continuity solution on the muscular-osseous-tendinous chain of the knee, ensuring the extension of the leg on the thigh, the traumatic rupture of the knee¡¯s extensor apparatus is often reported in literature. They are dominated by patellar fractures. The patellar or quadricipital tendon damage is rare and even exceptional in a bilateral topography. The aim of this work was to highlight the clinical case of bilateral rupture of the patellar tendon of late diagnosis, occurring in an adult with a particular field. It was an adult, who presented a bilateral rupture of the knee extensor apparatus following a minimal traumatism. Anamnesis found a chronic kidney disease correctly follow-up. The diagnosis was delayed so was the surgical management (Krackow¡¯s technique and protection by a metallic frame). At 8 months post surgery the functional result is acceptable. The bilateral rupture of the patellar tendon stays a rare pathologic entity, which always seems associated at a particular field. The diagnosis delay (and so did the care) is an important bad prognosis factor. Treatment of this old form (unknown) is exclusively surgical.
%K Knee
%K Extensor Apparatus
%K Bilateral
%K Late
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=78885