Plica syndrome after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction: a case report

A 16-year-old female with a history of left recurrent patellar dislocation underwent medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction surgery. Two months postoperatively, the patient presented with medial patellar pain. Left medial plica syndrome was suspected, and we performed a partial arthros...

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Autores principales: Iwaasa, Tomoya, Tensho, Keiji, Koyama, Suguru, Shimodaira, Hiroki, Horiuchi, Hiroshi, Saito, Naoto, Takahashi, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32269753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa036
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Sumario:A 16-year-old female with a history of left recurrent patellar dislocation underwent medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction surgery. Two months postoperatively, the patient presented with medial patellar pain. Left medial plica syndrome was suspected, and we performed a partial arthroscopic resection of the medial synovial plica. The symptom gradually improved after surgery. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports that discuss the relationship between postoperative pain of MPFL reconstruction and synovial plica as found in this case report. Surgeons should be aware of the possibility that asymptomatic synovial plica could become symptomatic.

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