Patellar reconstruction using posterior femoral condyle: a 5-year follow-up.

A patient with rheumatoid arthritis presented to clinic with an increasingly painful knee. The patient had undergone patellectomy for patellofemoral arthritis 10 years previously. After knee arthroscopy showing extensive arthritic changes, it was decided to offer primary arthroplasty of the knee with patellar reconstruction using posterior lateral femoral condyle graft taken at the time of arthroplasty. The positive outcome from this case is encouraging and constitutes a further option in patients with prior patellectomy undergoing knee arthroplasty.