title: [Sports ability after patella dislocation].
abstract: A dislocation of the patella is a serious injury which can far affect the career of every athlete or even finish it. In a retrospective study we examined 24 athletes (mean age 19.3 years, post surgical observation period 39 (13 to 79) months) which suffered from a patellar dislocation and received arthroscopic surgical treatment. The diagnostics contained clinical investigation and X-rays of the knee joint in 2 plains as well as patella tangential, in pathological axial deformations of the leg completed with whole-leg-images and optional a torsion computed tomography. All 24 patients received an arthroscopical assisted suturing of the medial retinaculum, in 12 patients additional a lateral release was carried out. The postoperative course followed a standard pattern. In 24 operated patients the reoccurrence rate was 12.5 % (3 patients), which is within the range of the latest published figures (average 12.0 %). The Lysholm score was in 15 (62.4 %) of all patients higher than 80 demonstrating the good to very good results, the average Lysholm score was 83.4. Out of 24 patients with patellar dislocation 11 patients (45.8 %) were able to continue their sport career after surgical therapy at the pre-trauma level, 4 patients (16.6 %) had to continue at lower level, 9 patients (37.5 %) had to finish their sport career. The Tegner activity score decreased from 7.2 to 6.0 at about 1.2 points what means a clear decrease of the activity level. On average a full sportive level was reached 9.7 months after surgery. Especially sport athletes needs to be informed about the seriousness of the injury and the long process of rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Klinikum Bamberg. Joerg.Dickschas@sozialstiftung-bamberg.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dickschas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Röder
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Hennig
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Strecker
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schöffl
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D031222:Patellar Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult