Congenital dislocation of the patella - clinical case

ABSTRACT Congenital patellar dislocation is a rare condition in which the patella is permanently dislocated and cannot be reduced manually. The patella develops normally as a sesamoid bone of the femur. This congenital dislocation results from failure of the internal rotation of the myotome that for...

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Main Authors: Pedro Miguel Sá, Filipa Raposo, Manuel Santos Carvalho, Nuno Alegrete, Jorge Coutinho, Gilberto Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2016-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162016000100109&lng=en&tlng=en