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SUBMITTER: Vogel LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819741 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vogel Laura A LA Pace J Lee JL
Arthroscopy techniques 20190823 9
Trochlear dysplasia is the most commonly encountered pathoanatomy in patients who present with patellar instability. Outcomes of trochleoplasty procedures have shown low rates of recurrent instability and high patient-reported outcome scores. This article describes a "thin-flap" groove-deepening trochleoplasty combined with medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction with a gracilis allograft and lateral retinacular lengthening to treat recurrent patellar instability due to high-grade trochlea ...[more]