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[Habitual patella dislocation and Goldthwait's surgery]
W Menke1, T Schneider, P Schullien
1Orthopädische Belegabteilung Marienkrankenhaus Trier-Ehrang.
Aktuelle Traumatologie
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
In this study 17 patients with recurrent dislocation of the patella were followed up 10 years after Goldthwait-operation. The subjective and clinical findings were excellent rsp. good in 70%, whereas the x-ray findings showed osteoarthritis of the femoropatellar joint in 60%. Concerning the aetiopathological factors we found an increased external torsion of the afflicted extremity measured by computed tomography.
