Pa-tel′la-ap′Pa-ra′tus.
(Surgical.) An apparatus for treating fractures of the kneepan. It consists of two curved plates of sheet-iron connected by two side rods and a back rod a, having attached a double reversed screw with a key b, by turning which the two projections c d are caused to approach or recede from each other. Two buckling straps are attached to each plate; these are applied to the lower part of the thigh and calf of the leg. The fractured parts are coapted, and strips of adhesive plaster e f applied above and below the kneepan; these are tightened by turning the key b, keeping the parts of the kneepan together.
Patella apparatus. |