A more thorough clinical examination revealed a high-riding patellar with the knee hyper-extended and a patellar dimple, consistent with superior patellar dislocation. The diagnosis was confirmed with ...

In this case report, we present an elderly patient with an intra-articular horizontal dislocation of the patella without any other bony or ligamentous lesions seen in a postreduction MRI. We conducted ...

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin 11, Republic of Ireland 2 Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin 11 ...

The Royal London Hospital, London, UK Director, Academic Department of Sports Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, UK [email protected] This paper ...

You may also need an MRI to look at the ligaments and cartilage to check for damage, which to some degree is always seen after a dislocation. However, if that damage is minimal and it is the first ...

What is patellofemoral or patellar (kneecap) instability? Patients who have a tracking problem in the patellofemoral joint, where the patella (kneecap) does not stay in the groove on the femur, are ...

identifies in the context of a technically carefully conducted systematic literature search eight risk factors regarding the risk of recurrent dislocation after primary patellar dislocation (age ...