Abstract
The aim of treatment of patellar fracture is the restoration of knee joint function and
quadriceps muscle power. Comminuted and displaced fracture of the patella, which are difficult
to reduce accurately and to get stable internal fixation, may lead to traumatic osteoarthritis,
chondromalacia, limited ROM of the knee joint. In this series, we treated 29 cases of displaced
transverse and comminuted fractures with modified tension band wiring. In severely
comminuted fractures, the fragments were indirectly reduced by cerclage wire and then fixed
with modified tension band wiring. We could obtain stable fixation and early ROM of the knee
joint. There were 5 complications including wire breakage and wire loosening.
In this respect, we concluded that modified tension band wiring was a good method for
displaced transverse and comminuted patellar fracture.