Clinical outcomes of medial patellofemoral ligament repair in recurrent (chronic) lateral patella dislocations

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1909-1914

  Arendt, Elizabeth A ^a   Moeller, Amy ^a   Agel, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Medial patellofemoral ligament repair; Outcomes; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054118808     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1516-y     Document Type: Review

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