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Bilateral recurrent discloation of the patella associated with below knee amputation: A case report

BACKGROUND: Recurrent dislocation of the patella in patients with below knee amputation is a known entity. Abnormally high-riding patella (patella alta) and medial patellofemoral ligament insufficiency in these patients predisposes them to patellar instability. The established treatment of this prob...

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Autores principales: Batra, Sumit, Kumar, Ratnesh, Lenka, Prasanna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC550654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15717922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-6-9