Bilateral, spontaneous, concurrent patellar tendon rupture
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Evaluation of Stem Cell Therapies in a Bilateral Patellar Tendon Injury Model in Rats
Published on: March 30, 2018
R I Swift1, M J Hershman, C B Wood
1Whittington Hospital, London.
The British Journal of Clinical Practice
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Bilateral rupture of the infrapatellar tendon is extremely rare. When it occurs, it is almost always associated with connective tissue disease. We present a case of bilateral concurrent rupture of the patella tendon in a patient without any apparent systemic disease.
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