Repeat patellar tendon rupture in a child
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Evaluation of Stem Cell Therapies in a Bilateral Patellar Tendon Injury Model in Rats
Published on: March 30, 2018
Barnaby T Dedmond1, Lee Patterson, Angus McBryde
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. dedmoba@yahoo.com
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|November 25, 2005
Abstract:
In summary, we present the first published case of a patellar tendon midsubstance rupture in an otherwise healthy 9-year-old with repeat rupture at age 10.
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