The Knee
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 68-70, January 2007

Spontaneous patella dislocation in Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome

Department of Trauma Orthopaedics, Hospital de León, León, 24071 Spain

Received 16 April 2006; received in revised form 30 September 2006; accepted 2 October 2006. published online 29 November 2006.

Abstract 

A patient with Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome ( RTS) was found to have spontaneous patella dislocation and spontaneous patella reduction. Clinical examination revealed ligamentous laxity and reducible patella. Open reduction and stabilization with semitendinosus tenodesis were done. Surgical treatment should not be put off because of the delay in the ability to walk in addition to the poor psychomotor abilities of children with RTS. This case is of particular interest as it represents an unusual type of dislocation that has not been reported in the literature so far.

Keywords: Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome ( RTS), Patella dislocation, Open reduction, Tenodesis, Semitendinosus

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PII: S0968-0160(06)00153-0

doi:10.1016/j.knee.2006.10.002

The Knee
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 68-70, January 2007

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