title: Congenital and irreducible non-traumatic dislocation of the patella--a modified soft tissue procedure.
abstract: Many procedures have been described for the correction of congenital dislocation of the patella. Most operations entail extensive soft tissue releases through curved skin incisions. A modification of the Langenskiold and Ritsila procedure is described. The main alterations include a limited and straight anterior skin incision, a fashioning of a 'buckle' of the transferred distal-patellar tendon to a distally based flap and the transposition of an extensive medial rotation flap. This report describes the early results (mean=19 months) of the modified procedure in three cases of congenital lateral dislocation of the patella.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Bolton Road, Blackburn, UK.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Bonshahi
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D031222:Patellar Dislocation / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*