PURPOSE OF REVIEW
Patella sleeve fractures are the most common patellar fracture in children yet remain frequently missed. Additionally, the options for their repair have grown. This review revisits how the injury is recognized and how the expanding range of fixation choices should be navigated.
RECENT FINDINGS
Recen...
Austin G. Simpson, Daniel W. Green· Current opinion in pediatric...· 0 citations
Background: Patellofemoral instability (PFI) is traditionally assessed using tibial tubercle–trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance, patellar height indices, and trochlear morphology. However, soft tissue–based measures of patellar tendon orientation may provide complementary insight into patellar containment and extensor m...
Marco Crippa, Giulia Beltrame, Samuel A. Beber et al.· American Journal of Sports M...· 0 citations
BACKGROUND
Previous literature has identified non-modifiable risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture and patellofemoral instability (PFI), such as sex, joint laxity, tibial slope, variations in the intercondylar notch, patella alta, trochlear dysplasia, distance from the tibial tubercle to the trochle...
Danielle E. Chipman, N. Pascual-Leone, Shae K. Simpson et al.· Knee (Oxford)· 0 citations
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