J Korean Fract Soc.  1994 Nov;7(2):522-529.

Modified tension band wiring and Circumferential wiring in the operative treatment of patella fracture

• Kim HS
• Hong KD
• Ha SS
• Park YK
• Chung NS

Abstract

The patella, the largest human sesamoid bone, lies within and is important functional component of the knee extensor mechanism, So the treatment of patellar fracture is considered very important. In this series, we experiened 24 cases of ptellar fractures treated with modified tension band wiring and circumferential wiring from Jan. 1987 to Dec. 1992 at the department of orthopaedic surgery, Seoul Adventist Hospital. The Results were as follows; 1. The mean fracture healing peroid was 9.6 weeks in cases of modified tension band wiring and 12.4 weeks in circumferential wiring. 2. circumferential wiring is a good method for severe comminuted, small fragmented fracture and modified tension band wiring is for displaced transeverse fracture and large fragmented comminuted feacture.

Keyword

Patella; Fracture; modified tension band wiring and circumferential wiring

MeSH Terms

Fracture Healing
Humans
Knee
Methods
Patella*
Seoul
Sesamoid Bones