Prague Med. Rep. 2021, 122, 308-312

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2021.29

Patella Fracture Identified Using Point-of-care Ultrasound

Mark Richman1,2, Andrew Kieffer1, Rachel Moss1, Daniel Dexeus1,2

1Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health Long Island Jewish Medical Center, USA
2Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, USA

Received March 9, 2020
Accepted October 20, 2021

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