Surgical Treatment For Patella Dislocation

Dislocation of the patella occurs when the knee cap gets pulled from its actual position, out of the grove on the end of the thigh bone. The treatment depends on understanding why the kneecap dislocation occurred. Some people may have bone alignment or anatomy issue. Some people may have torn ligaments.

If the doctor decides that surgery is the best option, the next step would be to determine which surgery can be apt for the patient, to prevent further dislocations. The patient may come in to visit the doctor with several symptoms like knee pain, muscular weakness or core weakness and so on.

When the kneecap is dislocated, the possible damage can be in the cartilage of the knee, which can lead to the increased risk of arthritis in the knee. It can also lead to muscular weakness or core weakness. When multiple dislocations occur, surgery is the best option out. Let’s take a look at surgical treatment available for patella dislocation

• Lateral Release: It is the simplest and most common surgery performed when patella dislocation occurs. In this method, the knee joint capsule is cut on the outside of the knee joint to prevent knee cap being pulled outside the knee. The idea is to loosen the pull towards outside and to center the knee cap within the groove on the end of the thigh bone
• Medical Imbrication or Reefing: it is a procedure to tighten the tissue towards the inner side of the knee. This can tighten the structures on the inner side of the knee…

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