New variant of bipartite patella with traumatic separation and complete disruption of the extensor mechanism of the knee http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8673-5950Kiran Kumar Naikoti and Raghuram Thonse Trauma and Orthopaedics, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, UK Correspondence to Mr Kiran Kumar Naikoti; drkiran16{at}yahoo.co.in Abstract Very few case reports have been reported on traumatic separation of the bipartite patella along with quadriceps tendon rupture.