Total knee arthroplasty with subvastus approach in patient with chronic post-traumatic patellar dislocation

ABSTRACT Chronic lateral dislocation of the patella is a rare condition and acquired causes are usually secondary to knee trauma. The neglected chronic dislocation leads to progressive genu valgum and external tibial torsion deformities with subsequent gonarthrosis, which becomes painful and debilit...

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Main Authors: Jader Joel Machado Junqueira, Camilo Partezani Helito, Marcelo Batista Bonadio, Jose Ricardo Pécora, Marco Kawamura Demange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162016000500614&lng=en&tlng=en