title: Chondromalacia of the patella.
abstract: Where chondromalacia of the patella is resistant to conservative treatment, and where the existence of a Crooks ridge can be inferred from the clinical or X-ray findings, then an operative search for such a ridge, with trimming both of the ridge and of the affected area of the patella, offers a more promising surgical solution than other minor operative procedures, and a less drastic solution than patellectomy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography