Treatment of Habitual Patellar Dislocation in an Adult by Isolated Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction

Habitual patellar dislocations are rare in adults. Treatment is difficult, and often associated with significant morbidity. A 30-year-old man, construction worker, presented a habitual patellofemoral dislocation which was caused by direct trauma to the knee as a child. Clinical examination showed a...

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Main Authors: Yoann Bohu, Mathieu Thaunat, Nicolas Lefevre, Shahnaz Klouche, Serge Herman, Yves Catonné
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/647272