In patients with bipartite patella this pull is usually on the bone of the bipartite fragment of the upper, outer patella. Simply cutting the vastus lateralis attachment reduces the constant pull on the bony fragment. Healing of the two bony fragments may occur as a result of the decreased tension.
A QMP is a DA-level bar to reenlistment affecting senior NCOs and not intended to berehabilitative. It means you have been identified through a DA screening program as failing tomeet the Army standards for performance, conduct, attitude, and potential for advancement..
Quebec platelet disorder (QPD) is an autosomal dominant bleeding disorder linked to a region on chromosome 10 that includes PLAU, the urokinase plasminogen activator gene.PD increases urokinase plasminogen activator mRNA levels, particularly during megakaryocyte differentiation, without altering expression of flanking genes. Because PLAU sequence changes were excluded as the cause of this bleeding disorder, we investigated whether the QPD mutation involved PLAU copy number variation.