title: [Chondropathy of the patella. Clinico-radiologic study].
abstract: Totally 165 cases of chondromalacia patellae, taken from a series of 240 patients, are presented. The cause of the chondromalacia lies in imbalances, displacements, dysplasias of patellae and in femoro-tibial axial deviations. Overload is the constant intermediary between the different starting causes and the same final result. The precocity of the clinical-radiological diagnosis is essential for the timely carrying out of a corrective surgery, directed to remove the starting causes before the reversible chondromalacia develops into irreversible arthrosis.
mesh_terms: D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002358:Cartilage, Articular; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: La condropatia rotulea. Studio clinico-radiologico.