MRI but not arthroscopy accurately diagnoses femoral MPFL injury in first-time patellar dislocations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the femoral part of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) and its injury can be accurately assessed by standard knee arthroscopy in first-time patellar dislocations or whether preoperative MRI is required to determine injury location...

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Autores principales: Balcarek, Peter, Walde, Tim Alexander, Frosch, Stephan, Schüttrumpf, Jan Philipp, Wachowski, Martin Michael, Stürmer, Klaus Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
Materias:
Knee
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22095485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-011-1775-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22095485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-011-1775-7

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