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Treatment of Ankle Osteoarthritis with Total Ankle Replacement Through a Lateral Transfibular Approach
Published on: January 24, 2018
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATELLOFEMORAL INSTABILITY
Marco Antônio Percope de Andrade1, Guilherme Moreira de Abreu E Silva2, Marcelo Machado Freire3
1Associate Professor, Department of Locomotor Apparatus, UFMG; Head of Medical Residency, Hospital das Clínicas, UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Objective:
To describe functional outcomes following surgical treatment of patients with patellofemoral instability submitted to patellar realignment.
Methods:
This was a retrospective study evaluating 34 operated knees for patellofemoral instability between 1989 and 2004. The patients were evaluated in the late postoperative period when a functional questionnaire was applied.
Results:
After a mean follow-up time of 6 years and 5 months, the mean score was 82.94 in the surgical group (p=0.00037). The results of this investigation showed pain relief in 97.05% and low rate of recurrent dislocation (5.88%), although lower scores were seen in intense articular activities (squatting, running and jumping). No patient developed osteoarthritis while being followed up.
Conclusion:
The procedure for joint described in this paper was shown to be effective for treating patients with recurrent patellofemoral instability.
