Tailored tibial tubercle transfer for patellofemoral malalignment: Analysis of clinical outcomes

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 994-1002

  Pritsch, Tamir ^a   Haim, Amir ^a   Arbel, Ron ^a   Snir, Nimrod ^a   Shasha, Nadav ^a   Dekel, Samuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distal realignment; Instability; Maltracking; Patellofemoral; Tibial tubercle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE MALFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PAIN; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547744826     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0325-9     Document Type: Article

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