Arthroscopy in the diagnosis of occult dislocation of the patella.
The authors investigated the incidence of acute patellar dislocation by clinical and radiologic examination and by arthroscopy. Acute patellar dislocation represented 2.44% of all knee injuries in their series, and only 25% of the former were evident at the initial examination.
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D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D010808:Physical Examination; D011859:Radiography