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Fig. 2

From: The clinical outcome of the reduction of the patellar inferior pole fracture with wire cerclage through a generated bone hole, in combination with patellar concentrator: a retrospective comparative study

Fig. 2

Demonstration of the procedure of suture and cerclage with metal wire passing through a generated bone hole on a corpse a Wire with suture needle b Bone hole drilled with a 2.0 mm diameter Kirschner wire and the metal wire was inserted c Piercing of the first needle under the Parapatellar ligament close to the bone surface. d Piercing of the second needle under the patellar tendon. e Placing the third needle in the same position as the first needle. f Tightening the metal wire with close attention to the fracture reduction

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