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Tibial Tubercle Fracture in a 14-Year-Old Athlete with Bilateral Lower Pole Bipartite Patella and Osgood-Schlatter Disease

  • Pascarella F
  • Ziranu A
  • Maccauro G
Case Reports in Orthopedics (2015) 2015 1-3
DOI: 10.1155/2015/815061
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We present a case of tibial tubercle fracture in a young male athlete with both bilateral bipartite patella at the lower pole (Saupe type I) and Osgood-Schlatter disease. Open reduction and internal fixation were performed to restore the extensor mechanism of the knee.

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Pascarella, F., Ziranu, A., & Maccauro, G. (2015). Tibial Tubercle Fracture in a 14-Year-Old Athlete with Bilateral Lower Pole Bipartite Patella and Osgood-Schlatter Disease. Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2015, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/815061

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