Simultaneous bilateral rupture of the patellar ligament in chronic renal patient. A case report.

The authors report a case of simultaneous bilateral rupture of the patellar ligament resulting of low-energy trauma in a patient with chronic renal failure.

Treatment of chronic patellar ligament lesion with autograft and v-y quadricepsplasty.

Objective: Review of the literature concerning the subject and to compare the results of the technique we have been using with the ones reported on the literature.

Methods: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional and observational study. We evaluated the records of patients treated surgically at the Hospital from Hospital Maria Amelia Lins January 1997 to January 2011.

FLOATING ELBOW IN CHILDREN: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF 31 CASES ATTENDED IN A REFERENCE CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA.

Objective: To conduct a descriptive analysis on 31 cases of children with floating elbow who were attended at our clinic between 1994 and 2009, and to review the literature relating to this topic.

Methods: Data were obtained through examining the medical records. The following variables were used: age, gender, side, mechanism, type of fracture, classification, treatment and complications.