Patellofemoral Joint

Optimizing surgical intervention for a patient with recurrent patella instability can be challenging, particularly when considering the possibility of adding an osteotomy. Accuracy is paramount.

Published results showed high-volume surgeons who performed more than five patellofemoral arthroplasty procedures per year had decreased rates of revision compared with low-volume surgeons.

Results published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine showed tibial tubercle osteotomy with vs. without distalization yielded similar postoperative outcomes for patients with patellofemoral instability, malalignment and patella alta.

Results showed significant correlation between patient-reported outcome measures for patients with patellofemoral instability and the Banff Patellofemoral Instability Instrument 2.0, which may assess kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing.

New awareness of 3D imaging of the patellofemoral joint is adding further objectivity to our analysis.

Published results showed recurrent patellar dislocations were associated with increased incidence and severity of trochlear chondral damage but not patellar chondral damage.

Published results showed osteochondral allograft transplantation, autologous chondrocyte implantation and matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation all yielded similar outcomes for patients with patellofemoral cartilage defects.

Before 2000, some referred to the patellofemoral joint as a “black box.” However, that probably sounds odd to most readers in 2024.

BOSTON — In this video from the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Miho J. Tanaka, MD, PhD, discussed radiographic positioning of the femoral tunnel in surgical candidates with patellar instability and dysplasia.

BOSTON — In this video from the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Nancy Park, BS, discussed the low complication rates of patients who underwent medial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament reconstruction.