The docking technique for medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction: Surgical technique and clinical outcome

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2021-2027

  Ahmad, Christopher S ^a   Brown, Gabriel D ^a   Stein, Beth Shubin ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; Medial patellofemoral ligament; Patella; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCKING TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MEDIAL PATELLOFEMORAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649113668     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509336261     Document Type: Article

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