title: [The patello-femoral joint in osteoarthritis of the knee with gene varum (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors have treated 63 knees with osteoarthritis associated with varus deformity by valgus osteotomies. The clinical and radiological state of the patello-femoral joints has been studied before and after correction of varus deformity. No correlation was found between the severity of tibio-femoral osteoarthritis and patello-femoral osteoarthritis. Medical patello-femoral discordance was found in 12 p. 100 of the cases. Clinical evidence of pain arising from the patello-femoral joint was more often found than evidence of radiological abnormality. It is concluded that pain arising from the medial compartment may be confused with patello-femoral pain. A five-year follow-up showed that the patello-femoral joint was not influenced radiologically by the valgus osteotomy but patellar pain was improved in most of the cases. Procedures to re-align the patella should not normally be associated with valgus osteotomy in cases in which patellar pain exists in association with osteoarthritis of the knee with varus deformity.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000503:physiopathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: L'articulation fémoro-patellaire dans le genu-varum arthrosique.