Author(s)

Koné Sam^*, Pemboura Dom, Eric Dogba, Akué Koffi, Abdoulaye Bana, Serge Agoh

Service de traumatologie-Orthopédie, CHU de Cocody-Abidjan, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.

The simultaneous traumatic rupture of the patellar tendon and the quadricipital tendon is a rare lesion entity. We report the case of a bipolar rupture of the extensor knee system in a young adult following sports traumatism. Magnetic Resonance Imaging allowed the assessment of associated lesions. The management of this “floating” kneecap was surgical associated with rehabilitation. A functional assessment at 02 years of follow-up was performed. The functional prognosis is related on the one hand to the difficulties of positioning of the patella and on the other hand to the associated lesions (meniscus-ligamentous knee injuries).

Rupture, Bipolar, Extensor Knee System

Sam, K. , Dom, P. , Dogba, E. , Koffi, A. , Bana, A. and Agoh, S. (2019) Traumatic Closed Floating Kneecap: Clinical Case about Traumatic Bipolar Tendon Rupture of Extensor Knee System. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 9, 159-164. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2019.98017.