Osteotendinous repair of bilateral spontaneous quadriceps tendon ruptures with the Krackow technique in two patients with chronic renal failure | Zendy

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Osteotendinous repair of bilateral spontaneous quadriceps tendon ruptures with the Krackow technique in two patients with chronic renal failure

Author(s) -

Adnan Kara

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 2589-1294

pISSN - 1017-995X

DOI - 10.3944/aott.2013.2831

Subject(s) - medicine , chronic renal failure , quadriceps tendon , surgery , tendon , hyperparathyroidism , fibrous joint

Although unilateral traumatic quadriceps tendon rupture is a relatively frequent pathology, bilateral non-traumatic spontaneous ruptures are uncommon and are usually associated with chronic renal failure, hyperparathyroidism, gout, and systemic lupus erythematosus. This paper aimed to discuss two patients with chronic renal failure treated with the Krackow suture technique for spontaneous bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture.

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