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SUBMITTER: Saper MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4246402 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saper Michael G MG Shneider David A DA
Arthroscopy techniques 20141020 5
Chronic anterior knee pain with a stable patella is often associated with overload and increased pressure on the lateral facet due to pathologic lateral soft-tissue restraints. "Lateral pressure in flexion" is a term describing the pathologic process of increasing contact pressure over the lateral patellar facet as knee flexion progresses. This report describes a surgical technique developed in response to lateral pressure in flexion and the shortcomings of traditional arthroscopic lateral relea ...[more]