Extensor Mechanism Injuries of the Knee: Demographic Characteristics and Comorbidities from a Review of 726 Patient Records

Conclusions:
Females with an extensor mechanism injury are more likely to sustain a patellar fracture compared with males. Younger males are more likely to sustain a patellar fracture or patellar tendon rupture; however, we found that 43% of the patellar tendon ruptures were in patients over the age of forty. Medical comorbidities were common with tendon ruptures, and we found that they were significantly more common in females than in males.

Clinical Relevance:
Surgeons treating female patients with a tendinous extensor mechanism disruption should have a low threshold to initiate a medical work-up in search of a possible undiagnosed medical comorbidity.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - October 7, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Garner, M. R., Gausden, E., Berkes, M. B., Nguyen, J. T., Lorich, D. G. Tags: Knee, Trauma Scientific Articles Source Type: research