Effect of lateral release on patellar motion in chondromalacia. An MRI study of 11 knees
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S K Koskinen1, M Hurme, U M Kujala
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
Preoperatively and postoperatively, patellar motion in 11 knees with chondromalacia was analyzed by MRI at 0 degrees, 10 degrees, 20 degrees, and 30 degrees of knee flexion. The preoperative patellar position clearly deviated from normal at 0 degrees-10 degrees of knee flexion. The lateral release operation corrected this deviation.