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Patellar alta: More precise measurements are needed for operative management

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patella alta has been a known associated factor of recurrent lateral patella dislocations for decades. The Lyon ...
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Patella alta and patella baja seen as predisposing factors for chondromalacia

In the study, MRIs were taken for 133 patients (aged 18 to 40 years) with advanced chondromalacia (grades 3 and 4) and a control group with the same number of participants and a similar age. “The MRI ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Patella Alta

A 61-year-old man presented with acute-onset left knee pain and inability to walk after a fall onto the flexed knee. On physical examination, there was a high-riding patella, a finding known as ...
BMJ

Patient 3: 19-year-old man with acute knee pain and swelling and a 2-year history of recurrent similar symptoms

Correspondence to Dr Bruce B Forster, Department of Radiology, UBC Hospital, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 285; bruce.forster{at}vch.ca Common mechanisms of injury ...
BMJ

Co-existent medial collateral ligament injury seen following transient patellar dislocation: observations at magnetic resonance imaging

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin 11, Republic of Ireland 2 Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin 11 ...