Healio

MPFL reconstruction remains the ‘optimal surgical stabilization procedure’ for instability

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction yields the lowest rate of recurrent patellar ...
Healio

MPFL repair yielded higher failure rates vs. MPFL reconstruction for patellar instability

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Results presented here showed patients who underwent medial patellofemoral ligament ...
BMJ

3 Functional and radiological outcomes following medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction

Our aim was to study the functional and radiological outcomes following MPFL reconstruction. 108 patients undergoing MPFL reconstruction between January 2009 and July 2014 were identified. Demographic ...
BMJ

Patellofemoral osteoarthritis is prevalent and associated with worse symptoms and function after hamstring tendon autograft ACL reconstruction

2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3 Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, ...
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Ligament reconstruction effective in treating kneecap instability from trochlear dysplasia

While a first time kneecap dislocation can usually be treated non-surgically, recurring dislocations often necessitate surgical intervention. MPFL (medial patellofemoral ligament) reconstructions have ...