Rasmus Elsoe, Rikke Thorninger, Rasmus Severinsen, Jens-Christian Beuke, Rikke Serritslev, Steffen Skov Jensen, Morten Kjerri Rasmussen, Peter Szephalmi, Juozas Petruskevicius, Jeppe Barckman, Niels Henrik Bruun, Peter Larsen
INTRODUCTION: Following surgical management of patella fractures, patients commonly report pain; difficulties with weight-bearing tasks such as walking, running and climbing stairs; and restrictions in quality of life. Recently, a locking plate system for surgical management of patella fractures has been introduced. To date, no studies have compared standard treatment with tension band wiring with locking plate fixation in a randomised study design. We aim to compare the one-year patient-reported Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome subscale scores (KOOS5-subscales) after standard care tension band fixation with locking plate fixation for patients with patella fractures...
April 10, 2024: Danish Medical Journal