Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction fixed with a cylindrical bone plug and a grafted semitendinosus tendon at the original femoral site for recurrent patellar dislocation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-145

  Deie, Masataka ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^b   Adachi, Nobuo ^b   Shibuya, Hayatoshi ^b   Nakamae, Atsuo ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cylindrical bone plug; medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL); MPFL reconstruction; recurrent patellar dislocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751485011     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510377436     Document Type: Article

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