Observations on the Intrinsic Blood Supply to the Human Patella: Disruption Correlated with Articular Surface Degeneration

Overview

Journal J R Soc Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1991 Oct 1

PMID 1744843

Citations 3

Authors

R N Slater

J D Spencer

M A Churchill

G P Bridgeman

M Brookes

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Abstract

The intrinsic blood supplies of 13 human patellae with varying degrees of articular surface degeneration were studied by perfusion techniques. Disruption of the normal pattern of arterial arcades correlated with increasing surface wear.

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