Patellofemoral instability is a common cause of anterior knee pain, especially in younger and more active patients. Treatment of instability varies considerably depending on the patient's symptoms as well as the cause of the instability. Lateral instability has a particularly broad spectrum of treatment algorithms including patellar taping, arthroscopy, lateral release, medial patellofemoral li...

Recurrent patellar instability can result from osseous abnormalities, such as patella alta, a distance of >20 mm between the tibial tubercle and the trochlear groove, and trochlear dysplasia, or it can result from soft-tissue abnormalities, such as a torn medial patellofemoral ligament or a weakened vastus medialis obliquus. Nonoperative treatment includes physical therapy, focusing on strength...

BACKGROUND/AIM The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most frequently injured ligament of the knee, representing 50% of all knee injuries. The aim of this study was todeter mine the differences in the morphometry of knee injury patients with an intact and a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. METHODS The study included 33 matched pairs of patients divided into two groups: the study grou...

Objectives: Background: Patellofemoral joint instability is common in young athletes and often requires surgical intervention. Incidence risk factors for ipsilateral recurrence have been more discussed the literature than contralateral events. Purpose: To evaluate incidence patellofemoral patients who undergone patellar stabilization surgery. Methods: This retrospective study included 543 had m...