8 months after MPFL and TTT for recurrent patellar dislocations.

Welcome to patellaMD.com

PatellaMD.com is a resource for information and understanding about patellofemoral problems.  These problems are common but poorly understood by most Orthopaedic Surgeons.

• Patients with these problems frequently have disabling pain, instability or arthritis.  
• Lateral Release, a common procedure, frequently fails or makes the problem worse.
• Open surgery has very mixed results. 
• Patients may end up worse after treatment than before. 

• Patellofemoral problems are mechanical problems, pressure and instability. 
• At one end of the spectrum, the patella is too tight, at the other end, too loose.
• Successful treatment should return either problem to the middle – neither too tight nor too loose
• Arthritic problems must be addressed as well as alignment and stability

PatellaMD.com will explain the problem, the underlying mechanical factors, typical symptoms, appropriate physical examination and x-rays, treatment that works, why treatment fails, and the approach to revision surgery.  The key importance of lateral side stability will be explained and documented.  There will be correlating x-rays, arthroscopic and surgical pictures.

I hope you will gain an understanding of patellofemoral problems from the information presented here.  I believe there are good solutions to these problems.  Thank you for visiting patellaMD. com.