Current treatment of recurrent patellar dislocation
- VernacularTitle:复发性髌骨脱位的治疗现状
- Author:
Jun LU
;
Jinhui WANG
;
Manyi WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Patellar dislocation;
Recurrent dislocation;
Knee joint;
Current
- From:
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2004;0(10):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Patients who suffer from recurrent patellar dislocation frequently complain of diffuse pain around the knee, swelling and dislocation or subluxation of the patella. Anatomical abnormalities should be responsible for the condition, such as increased Q angle, a high-riding patella, dysplasia of the femoral condyles, abnormal shape of the patella, atrophy of the vastus medialis and hypertrophy of the vastus lateralis. We reviewed 45 reports about the treatment of recurrent dislocation of the patella. The current more than 100 methods can be classified as: lateral release, proximal realignment, distal realignment, proximal and distal realignment, patella-tomy and plastic repair of quadriceps. Of all these methods, proximal realignment is the best, but there has been no method which can successfully and generally repair the recurrent patellar dislocation.
