Modified Elmslie-Trillat Procedure for Distal Realignment of Patella Tendon.

ABSTRACT: Patellofemoral dysfunction, due to either a patellofemoral malalignment or patellar instability, is a complex and debilitating condition that significantly decreases the knee function. Conservative management may yield significant clinical outcomes; however, when morphologic anomalies are identified, the surgical approach should be employed. Hence, several surgical procedures have been described in the scientific literature aiming the correction of underlying extensor mechanism malalignments. Still, the rate of complications is higher than desirable. The described technique is based on the principles of transferring the tibial tubercle medially as described in the Elmslie-Trillat technique. However, a curvilinear horizontal cut is made prior to the vertical cut, which raises a thick osseou

SUBMITTER: Filho RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765918 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature