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What are the biggest causes of fracture of knee cap ?
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Direct trauma...: Direct trauma, either from a fall or a car accident are the most common causes of a patella (knee-cap) fracture.
Answered 4/15/2015
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Patella fracture: Mechanism of injury is usually direct trauma. Less common is eccentric pull from a fall, which may cause avulsion injury.
Answered 4/8/2013
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Trauma to the knee:: Direct injury to the kneecap will mostly result in a shattered bone (comminuted fx); a fall after catching your foot on something (indirect injury) will cause a transverse fx (mostly 2 fragments, maybe 3).
Answered 4/8/2013
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