Open Patellar Fracture in a 2-Year-Old Child: A Rare Case Report

Abstract

We present this unusual fracture in order to stress the importance of being aware of the existence of open fractures of patella in 2-year-old child. Fractures of the patella are rare in children, as the patella is largely cartilaginous and has great mobility. Normally in this age closed patellar fractures cannot be diagnosed radiologically as the ossification starts only after 3 years of age. Our case is an open transverse patellar fracture in a two-year-old girl which is treated with transcartilagenous absorbable sutures, which is not found reported in the literature.

A rare case of an open transverse patella fracture in a 5-year-old child

“…The patient suffered an open patella fracture from a sickle. In this case, the authors used a different fixation technique than our case utilising trans-cartilagenous sutures as the above options described were not viable due to a non-ossified patella [2] .…”

“…It is extremely rare for a child to suffer from a transverse patella fracture, with only 1 case described in the literature of a child less than the age of 6. We present the second case in the literature of a transverse patella fracture in a child, and the only case of a transverse fracture in a partially ossified patella [2] .…”