Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in a Below-Knee Amputee

Patellar instability is a common finding in patients with below-knee amputation and yet management options are not commonly described in the literature. We describe the first reported case of a medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction using allograft in a patient with a below-knee amputation. C...

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Autores principales: El-Tawil, Sherif, Elfons Tawafig, Marian, Miles, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26579321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/429463
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author El-Tawil, Sherif
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Miles, Jonathan
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description Patellar instability is a common finding in patients with below-knee amputation and yet management options are not commonly described in the literature. We describe the first reported case of a medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction using allograft in a patient with a below-knee amputation. Clinical outcome at two-year follow-up remains very good.
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spelling pubmed-46335622015-11-17 Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in a Below-Knee Amputee El-Tawil, Sherif Elfons Tawafig, Marian Miles, Jonathan Case Rep Orthop Case Report Patellar instability is a common finding in patients with below-knee amputation and yet management options are not commonly described in the literature. We describe the first reported case of a medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction using allograft in a patient with a below-knee amputation. Clinical outcome at two-year follow-up remains very good. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4633562/ /pubmed/26579321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/429463 Text en Copyright © 2015 Sherif El-Tawil et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in a Below-Knee Amputee
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title_short Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in a Below-Knee Amputee
title_sort medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in a below-knee amputee
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26579321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/429463
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