Successful Treatment of a Habitual Patellar Dislocation After a Total Knee Arthroplasty with a Closing-wedge Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy and Medial Patello-femoral Ligament Reconstruction

Overview

Journal J Exp Orthop

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2020 Sep 3

PMID 32875427

Citations 2

Authors

Hidetomo Saito

Kimio Saito

Yoichi Shimada

Toshiaki Yamamura

Takahiro Sato

Koji Nozaka

Hiroaki Kijima

Masashi Fujii

Tetsuya Kawano

Naohisa Miyakoshi

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Abstract

A 68-year-old female suffering from habitual patellar dislocations following a mal-positioned total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was successfully treated with a biplanar closed wedge distal femoral osteotomy (CWDFO) and medial patello-femoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has been previously described. Our experience with this case suggests that treatment for a patella dislocation following valgus mal-positioning of TKA should be considered positively. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V.

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