title: Bilateral medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in high-level athletes.
abstract: This report presents two cases of high-level athletes with bilateral patellar dislocations who were able to return to their preinjury level of activity after bilateral medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction, without any major complications. Patient 1 was a 19-year-old male volleyball player for a top-level college volleyball team, and patient 2 was a 24-year-old woman who was a member of a national-level adult softball team. MPFL reconstruction could be an effective treatment for bilateral patellar dislocation in high-level athletes. Level of evidence V.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurosaka
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuroda
mesh_terms: D001178:Arthroplasty; D056352:Athletes; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D031222:Patellar Dislocation / Q000601:surgery*; D057071:Patellofemoral Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054798:Volleyball / Q000293:injuries; D055815:Young Adult
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