Tibial Tubercle Transfer

Published results showed de-rotational osteotomy with medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction was associated with better outcomes vs. tibial tubercle transfer with MPFL reconstruction for patellar instability and torsion deformity.

Three-dimensional reconstructions of the femoral trochlea of patients with recurrent patella instability consistently show lateral curvilinearity.

Published results showed tibial tubercle-trochlear groove/trochlear width may be the best individualized index for diagnosing a lateralized tibial tubercle in patients with recurrent patellar dislocation requiring surgical stabilization.

Since describing anteromedialization tibial tubercle osteotomy for realignment and unloading of the patella in 1983, I have done about 1,500 anteromedial tibial tubercle transfers.