Gideon Regalado1, Hannu Lintula2, Hannu Kokki2,3, Heikki Kröger2,4, Urho Väätäinen2, Matti Eskelinen5,6. 1. Department of Surgery, South Carelia Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland. 2. School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. 3. Department of Anestesiology and Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. 4. Department of Orthopedics, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. 5. School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. matti.eskelinen@kuh.fi. 6. Department of Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital (KYS), P.O. Box 100, 70029, Kuopio, Finland. matti.eskelinen@kuh.fi.
Abstract
PURPOSE: There is only one prospective randomized trial on acute primary patellar dislocation in adolescents comparing the long-term outcome after conservative versus operative procedures. Therefore, the long-term outcome, patellar redislocation rate, and functional outcome after conservative versus operative procedures were investigated in a prospective randomized study. METHODS: Initially, 36 patients with acute primary patellar dislocation were prospectively randomized to conservative (n = 20) versus operative procedures (n = 16) and 30 of them (83%), 15/20 with conservative and 15/16 with operative procedures, were reached for a follow-up interview 6 years after primary procedure. RESULTS: Baseline and clinical parameters were similar in the two groups. The prevalence of patellar redislocation rate at 3 and 6 years after primary procedure was higher in the conservative group (7/20, 35%, 3 years and 11/15, 73%, 6 years) versus in the operative group (0/16, 0%, 3 years and 5/15, 33%, 6 years) (p = 0.02). The knee function was slightly better 6 years after primary treatment in the operative group than in the conservative group. Most patients in both groups had excellent or good knee function at 6-year follow-up, but four patients (4/15, 27%) in conservative group and two patients (2/15, 13%) in operative group had poor knee function at 6-year follow-up. Four patients in conservative group (4/15, 27%) and two patients in the operative group (2/15, 13%) were unsatisfied with the procedure at 6-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, the results suggest that both conservative and operative procedures are feasible options for treatment of acute primary patellar dislocation in adolescents. A new finding with clinical relevance in the present work is a significantly higher redislocation rate in conservative group compared to operative group after 6-year follow-up in acute primary patellar dislocation in adolescents. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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PURPOSE: There is only one prospective randomized trial on acute primary patellar dislocation in adolescents comparing the long-term outcome after conservative versus operative procedures. Therefore, the long-term outcome, patellar redislocation rate, and functional outcome after conservative versus operative procedures were investigated in a prospective randomized study. METHODS: Initially, 36 patients with acute primary patellar dislocation were prospectively randomized to conservative (n = 20) versus operative procedures (n = 16) and 30 of them (83%), 15/20 with conservative and 15/16 with operative procedures, were reached for a follow-up interview 6 years after primary procedure. RESULTS: Baseline and clinical parameters were similar in the two groups. The prevalence of patellar redislocation rate at 3 and 6 years after primary procedure was higher in the conservative group (7/20, 35%, 3 years and 11/15, 73%, 6 years) versus in the operative group (0/16, 0%, 3 years and 5/15, 33%, 6 years) (p = 0.02). The knee function was slightly better 6 years after primary treatment in the operative group than in the conservative group. Most patients in both groups had excellent or good knee function at 6-year follow-up, but four patients (4/15, 27%) in conservative group and two patients (2/15, 13%) in operative group had poor knee function at 6-year follow-up. Four patients in conservative group (4/15, 27%) and two patients in the operative group (2/15, 13%) were unsatisfied with the procedure at 6-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, the results suggest that both conservative and operative procedures are feasible options for treatment of acute primary patellar dislocation in adolescents. A new finding with clinical relevance in the present work is a significantly higher redislocation rate in conservative group compared to operative group after 6-year follow-up in acute primary patellar dislocation in adolescents. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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