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Successful treatment of a habitual patellar dislocation after a total knee arthroplasty with a closing-wedge distal femoral varus osteotomy and medial patello-femoral ligament reconstruction
- Source :
- Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020), Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Abstract A 68-year-old female suffering from habitual patellar dislocations following a mal-positioned total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was successfully treated with a biplanar closed wedge distal femoral osteotomy (CWDFO) and medial patello-femoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has been previously described. Our experience with this case suggests that treatment for a patella dislocation following valgus mal-positioning of TKA should be considered positively. Level of evidence V
- Subjects :
- Patella instability
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Total knee arthroplasty
Patellar Dislocations
Case Report
Revision arthroplasty
lcsh:Orthopedic surgery
medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Mal-alignment
Closing wedge
Distal femoral osteotomy
Orthodontics
biology
business.industry
musculoskeletal system
biology.organism_classification
Anterior knee pain
Varus osteotomy
lcsh:RD701-811
Valgus
medicine.anatomical_structure
Orthopedic surgery
Ligament
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21971153
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bdc6ddfb5a26548ae2707884f94d0bbf