Fractured Patella Excision

Excision of patella for recurrent dislocation.

Removal of the patella has been recommended for recurrent dislocation, but it has not been emphasised that this operation has distinct advantages over “ realignment “ procedures. I now regard removal of the patella as essential. Unsuccessful results have been reported for the reason that the regenerated patella, or the fibrous tissue in which it forms, has continued to slip over the femoral con...

The results of partial and total excision of the patella.

Opinions differ on the effects of excision of the patella. Good results were reported by Blodgett and Fairchild (1936), by Dobbie and Ryerson (1942) and by Horowitz and Lambert (1946). Indeed Brooke (1937) stated that the function of the knee was better than the normal after removal of the patella, and that the patella was not morphologically an integral part of the quadriceps tendon. These opi...

On the Treatment of Fractured Patella by Transverse Wiring (with a Synopsis of Sixteen Cases)

Treatment of Symptomatic Bipartite Patella by Fragment Excision, Capsular Repair and Novel ITB Release

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Fracture of the patella treated by total excision. A long-term follow-up.

Thirty-one patients have been reviewed four and a half to thirteen years after total excision of the patella for fracture. This operation did not give the uniformly excellent results previously reported by some authors. The type of incision used was unimportant in the long term. Immobilisation in plaster-of-Paris for any period between one and eight weeks after operation had no adverse effect o...