Radiographic analysis of factors predisposing toward tendon tears in the knee extensor mechanism

Objectives:To review radiographs of patients who suffered tendon tears of the knee extensor apparatus and observe alterations that might be factors predisposing toward this type of injury.Methods:We retrospectively analyzed 60 cases of injury to the knee extensor mechanism that were treated surgical...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Pires e Albuquerque, André Luiz Siqueira Campos, José Félix dos Santos Neto, Evaldo Karam, José Guilherme Neves, Paulo Di Tullio, Vincenzo Giordano, Ney Pecegueiro do Amaral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2014-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162014000400374&lng=en&tlng=en