Patellofemoral malalignment associated with patella alta may cause pain and arthritis; because of this, the condition sometimes is treated surgically. Two common procedures are tibial tubercle distalization with or without patellar tendon tenodesis. However, the biomechanical consequences of these interventio...
An abstract of the article "Does Surgical Intervention Alter the Natural History of Patella Alta in Ambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy?" by K. Stephenson et al. is presented.doi:10.1111/dmcn.53_12886NoneJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology...
I have patella alta. Which surgery should I get? I hate my problem and I cannot stand it anymore, because I'm a dancer and each time I dance, I have the impression that both my kneecaps are about to dislocate. I'm wondering if it's right to cut the "straight ligament of the pat...
The pre-operative and postoperative ISR and BPI values classified as normal, patella baja and patella alta are presented in Table 1. There was a significant decrease in the BPI values from a pre-operative value of 0.748 (SD ± 0.122) to 0.716 (SD ± 0.110) at 1 year after surgery (p...
israel nissim ohana, md, israel patella alta, thochlear dysplasia and age are risk factors for recurrent patellofemoral dislocation after a first episode eposter presentation juan pablo martinez-cano, md, msc, phd, colombia julian chica, md, colombia alfredo martinez rondanelli, md, colombia erika...
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I have patella alta. Which surgery should I get? I hate my problem and I cannot stand it anymore, because I'm a dancer and each time I dance, I have the impression that both my kneecaps are about to dislocate. I'm wondering if it's right to cut the "straight ligament of the pat...