Charles A Popkin1, Ahmad F Bayomy2, Evan P Trupia2, Charles M Chan3, Lauren H Redler2. 1. Elbow and Sports Medicine and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Center for Shoulder, 622 W 168th Street 11th floor, New York, NY, 10032, USA. cp2654@columbia.edu. 2. Elbow and Sports Medicine and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Center for Shoulder, 622 W 168th Street 11th floor, New York, NY, 10032, USA. 3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review will focus on the evaluation and management of patellar instability in the developing patient. RECENT FINDINGS: A large number of surgical techniques have been described to prevent recurrent patellofemoral instability in the pediatric population, including both proximal and distal realignment procedures. The wide variety of treatment options highlights the lack of agreement as to the best surgical approach. However, when a comprehensive exam and workup are paired with a surgical plan to address each of the identified abnormalities, outcomes are predictably good. Patellar instability is a common knee disorder in the skeletally immature patient that presents a unique set of challenges. Rates of re-dislocation in pediatric and adolescent patients are higher than in their adult counterparts. Careful consideration of the physeal and apophyseal anatomy is essential in these patients. While the majority of primary patellar instability events can be treated conservatively, multiple events often require surgical intervention.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review will focus on the evaluation and management of patellar instability in the developing patient. RECENT FINDINGS: A large number of surgical techniques have been described to prevent recurrent patellofemoral instability in the pediatric population, including both proximal and distal realignment procedures. The wide variety of treatment options highlights the lack of agreement as to the best surgical approach. However, when a comprehensive exam and workup are paired with a surgical plan to address each of the identified abnormalities, outcomes are predictably good. Patellar instability is a common knee disorder in the skeletally immature patient that presents a unique set of challenges. Rates of re-dislocation in pediatric and adolescent patients are higher than in their adult counterparts. Careful consideration of the physeal and apophyseal anatomy is essential in these patients. While the majority of primary patellar instability events can be treated conservatively, multiple events often require surgical intervention.
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