Curative effects of patellar fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation with Cable Pin or tension band wire / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the curative effects of open reduction and internal fixation with Cable Pin or tension band wire for patellar transverse fractures.Methods Totally 28 cases and another 30 cases were enrolled in the Cable Pin group(8 months for average follow-up time) and the tension band wire group respectively(16 months for average follow-up time).The operative time,the average clinical healing time and the average range of the knee flexion between the 2 groups were compared.Results Obvious superiority was observed in the Cable Pin group over the tension band wire group concerning the average clinical healing time and the average range of the knee flexion 6 months postoperatively (P