[Bilateral rupture of the patellar ligament in diabetes mellitus].

Bilateral ruptures of patellar tendon are a rare event and occur mainly in older patients suffering from systemic diseases like lupus erythematosus, chronic renal failure, rheumatoid arthritis or are taking longterm corticosteroids. Only few cases of spontaneous bilateral rupture of patellar tendon without underlying systemic disease are described in literature up to now. This report provides a patient with bilateral patellar tendon rupture, where in further check up and follow up only a mild diabetes mellitus treated by diet could be detected as systemic disease.

[Revascularization of the penis in vascular-induced erectile dysfunction: clinical results of the Hauri surgical method].

Hauri's modification of the procedure for operative penile revascularization has been known since 1983; it is characterized by an anastomosis between the inferior epigastric artery and the dorsal artery of the penis with an arteriovenous shunt with the deep dorsal vein of the penis. Since 1986 this surgical technique has been applied in 18 patients with vascular erectile dysfunction. Their average age was 47 years, and the mean observation period was 8 months.