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Evaluation of Stem Cell Therapies in a Bilateral Patellar Tendon Injury Model in Rats
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Bilateral patellar tendon disruption--a professional predisposition?
1Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Blackburn Royal Infirmary.
Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
A healthy 37-year-old male carpet fitter sustained an injury to both knees while playing football. The clinical signs of patellar tendon disruption were not obvious because of gross skin thickening as a result of his profession, however, the diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound scan.

