title: [The mediopatellar plica syndrome of knee in 61 cases].
abstract: From 1989 to 1996, 61 patients, including 66 knees, aged 8 to 62, were diagnosed as mediopatellar plica syndrome of knee after arthroscopic examination. Twenty-one cases were misdiagnosed as medial meniscal lesions before arthroscopic examination. Fifty-nine patients (64 knees) underwent arthroscopic resection of the plicae and 2 patients underwent opened resection. Fifty-nine cases had an average follow-up of seven months. Fifty cases (54 knees) of them showed excellent and good results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome