title: [Operative therapy in patellar chondropathy].
abstract: A critical appraisal of the results of conservative and surgical treatment of chondropathia patellae revealed that it has not yet proved possible to achieve a good surgical result in excess of 75%. Findings with a new direct method of measuring retropatellar pressure distribution on human specimens, and the knowledge thus obtained, are discussed in connection with clinical results. They show that more detailed knowledge of the cause of the chondropathy is required if surgical treatment is to be successful.
mesh_terms: D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010329:Patella / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012775:Shoes; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
vernacular_title: Die operative Therapie der Chondropathia patellae.