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Michael Hockings1, John C Cameron
1Orthopaedic and Arthritic Institute, Sunnybrook and Women's Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, 43 Wellesley Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. michael.hockings@doctors.org.uk
The Knee
|April 7, 2004
Abstract:
Patella baja is a complication of chronic quadriceps tendon rupture. In this case we present the treatment of this problem by the proximal transfer of the tibial tubercle allowing an environment in which the quadriceps tendon can heal.
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