Author(s)

Koné Samba^1*, Dogba Eric¹, Nguianbanda Léandre², Kouassi Adélaide³, Ledion Anicet¹, Krah Léopold³, Bana Abdoulaye¹, Touré Stanislas¹, Agoh Serge¹

¹Service de Traumatologie Orthopédie CHU de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
²Service de Traumatologie Orthopédie Hôpital des Instructions des Armées (HIA-OBO), Libreville, Gabon.
³Service de Traumatologie Orthopédie CHU de Bouaké, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.

Defined as a continuity solution on the muscular-osseous-tendinous chain of the knee, ensuring the extension of the leg on the thigh, the traumatic rupture of the knee’s extensor apparatus is often reported in literature. They are dominated by patellar fractures. The patellar or quadricipital tendon damage is rare and even exceptional in a bilateral topography. The aim of this work was to highlight the clinical case of bilateral rupture of the patellar tendon of late diagnosis, occurring in an adult with a particular field. It was an adult, who presented a bilateral rupture of the knee extensor apparatus following a minimal traumatism. Anamnesis found a chronic kidney disease correctly follow-up. The diagnosis was delayed so was the surgical management (Krackow’s technique and protection by a metallic frame). At 8 months post surgery the functional result is acceptable. The bilateral rupture of the patellar tendon stays a rare pathologic entity, which always seems associated at a particular field. The diagnosis delay (and so did the care) is an important bad prognosis factor. Treatment of this old form (unknown) is exclusively surgical.

Knee, Extensor Apparatus, Bilateral, Late

Samba, K. , Eric, D. , Léandre, N. , Adélaide, K. , Anicet, L. , Léopold, K. , Abdoulaye, B. , Stanislas, T. and Serge, A. (2017) Clinical Case of Bilateral Rupture of the Patellar Tendon of the Late Diagnosis. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 7, 235-240. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2017.79025.