Patella Partita

On partita doppia

In 1494 Fra Luca Pacioli published in Venice one of the first printed mathematical books [P1494]. One section, Computis e Scripturis, is the first published description of partita doppia or double-entry bookkeeping, the foundation of accounting. Double-entry bookkeeping had been developed over a period of 200 years by Italian merchants and bankers. The aim of accounting is the measurement of a ...

Painful Patellar Partita Complicated with Intraarticular Ganglion

Painful patellar partita complicated with intraarticular ganglion cysts arising from the cruciate ligament is difficult to diagnose from the symptoms alone. In the patient reported here, knee pain was caused by patellar partita and by cysts attached anteriorly to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). The fragment of the bipartite patella was excised, and the cysts were resected arthroscopicall...

Bipartite Patella

Osteophytes removal in patella versus lateral facetectomy of the patella in patella-retaining total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND In this study, the results of the partial lateral facetectomy of the patella to better patellofemoral motion and congruence are compared with the results of the osteophyte removal of the patella and neurectomy only in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS Data from 55 patients undergoing TKA with osteophytes removal of the patella and neurectomy only, and those undergoing osteophy...

Characterization of ascorbate peroxidases from unicellular red alga Galdieria partita.

Galdieria partita, a unicellular red alga isolated from acidic hot springs and tolerant to sulfur dioxide, has at least two ascorbate peroxidase (APX) isozymes. This was the first report to demonstrate that two isozymes of APX are found in algal cells. Two isozymes were separated from each other at the hydrophobic chromatography step of purification and named APX-A and APX-B after the elution o...