MPFL reconstruction for recurrent patella dislocation: a new surgical technique and review of the literature.

A, Panagopoulos; Niekerk L, van; IK, Triantafillopoulos

doi:10.1055/s-2007-965360

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MPFL reconstruction for recurrent patella dislocation: a new surgical technique and review of the literature.

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Authors:

Panagopoulos A

van Niekerk L

Triantafillopoulos IK

Abstract

Recurrent dislocation, subluxation and functional instability due to patellofemoral pain might be present in 30 % to 60 % of patients managed non-operatively for posttraumatic patella instability. Disruption of the capsule, medial patella retinaculum and/or vastus medialis obliquus have been associa...

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