[Diagnosis and therapy of chondropathia patellae]

As a role the comprehensive compiling of the case history as well as the clinical and roentgenological examination give the correct diagnosis. But the variable conservative and/or operative treatment must be carried out without polypragmasy. Thus good up to very good results can be achieved in 80 per cent. The therapy must aim at making the patients free from symptoms, but it is not the aim to enable them to accomplish great physical performances.