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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: patella + dislocation + kneecap  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)

Dragon facing six weeks on sidelines
Fox Sports, Australia - Aug 3, 2008
A day later he was lying on a medicab being ferried off Toyota Park with a dislocated kneecap. Dragons medical staff have booked in Poore for scans to ...
Ken Griffey's stay at home in Cincinnati more bitter than sweet
The Canadian Press, CINCINNATI - Aug 1, 2008
In the next few years, he spent more time overcoming injuries - torn patella tendon, torn hamstrings, dislocated shoulder, torn ankle, dislocated toe - than ...

Ortho SuperSite
Arthroscopic Removal of Separated Bipartite Patella Causing ...
Ortho SuperSite, NJ - Jul 22, 2008
The bipartite patella is a developmental osseous variant that is found in approximately 2% to 6% of the population, and is bilateral in 50%. ...
Failure to balance the soft tissues among top 10 reasons for early ...
Ortho SuperSite, NJ - Jul 30, 2008
While new implant designs help surgeons avoid patellar tilt and dislocation, patella maltracking is still an issue. If subluxation is noted, ...

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Suns Interested In Livingston
RealGM.com, IL - Jul 16, 2008
... (torn anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament and lateral meniscus, a sprained medial cruciate ligament and a dislocated patella tendon).
METS (51-44, 2nd place/NL East) at REDS (46-50, 4th place/NL Central)
New York Daily News, NY - Jul 17, 2008
He missed 36 games with a fractured left patella after fouling a ball off his kneecap. ... Edinson Volquez, the lone Reds representative in the Midsummer ...
Wessler: Time, talent on Shaun's side
Galesburg Register-Mail, IL - Jul 6, 2008
26, 2007, when he tore the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, the medial collateral cartilage and the lateral meniscus, plus dislocated the patella ...
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Patellar dislocation following total knee replacement -
RL Merkow - The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1985 - JBJS
... rising from a sitting position) as well as difficulty climbing stairs, five patients
complained of a dislocated kneecap, and ... dislocation of the patella. ...

Current concepts of lateral patella dislocation -
EA Arendt, DC Fithian, E Cohen - Clinics in Sports Medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
... eg, a traumatic dislocation of the kneecap) [1]. It is used as a sign on physical
examination, signifying the ability to translate the patella out of the ...

Acute Dislocation of the Patella: A Correlative Pathoanatomic Study -
PI Sallay, J Poggi, KP Speer, WE Garrett - The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1996 - ajs.sagepub.com
... 52 Acute Dislocation of the Patella A Correlative Pathoanatomic ... Acute dislocation
of the patella is a common injury in- curred in a variety of activities. ...

ACUTE DISLOCATION OF THE PATELLA -
S VAINIONPAA, E LAASONEN, T SILVENNOINEN, J … - Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, British Volume - JBJS (Br)
Page 1. Acute, complete dislocation of the patella is an injury of young people. ...
ACUTE DISLOCATION OF THE PATELLA A PROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF OPERATIVE TREATMENT ...

Treatment of acute patellar dislocation -
JD Cash, JC Hughston - The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1988 - ajs.sagepub.com
... J. Sports Med. James D. Cash and Jack C. Hughston Treatment of acute patellar
dislocation ... Page 2. 244 Treatment of acute patellar dislocation* ...

[CITATION] Adductor Magnus Tenodesis for Patellar Dislocation: Technique and Preliminary Results. -
VJ AVIKAINEN, RK NIKKU, TK SEPP?NEN-LEHMONEN - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1993
... DISCUSSION There are good reviews on the different proximal and distal operative
techniques for recurrent dislocation of the patella: Hauser13 in English ...

The dislocating patella. Etiology and prognosis in relation to generalized joint laxity and anatomy …
A Runow - Acta Orthop Scand Suppl, 1983 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... Runow A. The material of this investigation consisted of 104 patients (37 males
and 67 females), treated for dislocation of the patella at the Department of ...

The Elmslie-Trillat procedure: Evaluation in patellar dislocation and subluxation -
DE Brown, AH Alexander, DM Lichtman - The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1984 - ajs.sagepub.com
... Patella subluxation, dislocation, and patellofemoral mal- ... tion and dislocation of
the patella with a medial and distal tibial tubercle transfer. ...

Patella alta and patella infera. Their etiological role in patellar dislocation, chondromalacia, and … -
JE Lancourt - The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1975 - JBJS
... Patella alta has been considered a highly significant cause of recurrent dislocation
of the patella t,$.13,i5 and has ... recurrent dislocation of the patella. ...

Classification of lesions of the medial patello-femoral ligament in patellar dislocation -
E Nomura - International Orthopaedics, 1999 - Springer
... insufficiency is a significant factor involved in the production of recurrent patellar
dislocation and/or an unstable patella following an acute dislocation. ...

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Kneecap (Patellar) Dislocation

Also called patellar sublimation, patients who experience an unstable kneecap have a patella that does not track evenly within its groove on the femur. Depending on the severity, this improper tracking may not cause the patient any problems, or it may lead to dislocation of the patella (where the kneecap fully dislocates out of joint). Patellar sublimation and dislocation are conditions that usually affect adolescents, and sometimes younger children.

Symptoms of Kneecap Dislocation

  • Tenderness and swelling on and around your knee
  • Discomfort when you are active
  • Pain over the edges of the kneecap
  • Collapsing or giving-way of the knee that sometimes causes you to fall

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Causes and Risk Factors of Kneecap Dislocation

It is common for a kneecap dislocation to occur after a high-impact injury. After the first time, the kneecap is more likely to dislocate again. Young people, such as adolescents who are more active, are at a greater risk of having a dislocated kneecap.

Diagnosing a Kneecap Dislocation

The doctor will examine the knee and diagnose a patellar dislocation after a clinical examination. X-rays are also done to confirm the injury and possible other injuries or fractures.

Treatment of the unstable patella is first to ensure that the patella is not dislocated. If it is, your doctor will need to properly 'reduce,' or reorient, the position of the kneecap. Early treatment includes:

  • Physical therapy with an emphasis on strengthening the quadriceps (the muscles of the thigh)
  • Bracing and taping. Special knee braces are designed to control how the kneecap moves.
  • Surgery. Some patients may need surgery, especially if they have a lot of pain or repeated dislocations. Sometimes the surgeon will look in the knee with an arthroscope. He or she will be able to see how the knee joint works and whether its parts line up together correctly. A common problem comes from having too much sideways pull which moves the kneecap out of its groove. This can place increased pressure on cartilage and lead to dislocation. For this problem, a procedure known as a lateral release can be done. This procedure involves cutting the tight lateral ligaments to allow the patella to resume its normal position. If repeated dislocations occur, a surgical realignment of the muscles and kneecap may be needed.

 
 
 
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