2020
Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients.
Sidharthan S, Wang G, Schlichte LM, Fulkerson JP, Green DW. Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients. JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques 2020, 10: e0110. PMID: 32368409, PMCID: PMC7161734, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.st.18.00110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial patellofemoral ligament reconstructionDistal femoral physisPatellofemoral ligament reconstructionImmature patientsTendon harvesterLigament reconstructionFemoral physisMPFL reconstructionPatellofemoral instabilitySkeletally Immature PatientsDouble-bundle reconstructionTraumatic patellar dislocationRecurrent patellar instabilityMPFL injuryReconstructed MPFLTenodesis screwDistal medial aspectSemitendinosus graftHamstring autograftPreoperative levelsFemoral socketSurgical interventionGraft placementQuadriceps tendonPatellar dislocation
2019
Radiographic Landmarks for the Anterior Attachment of the Medial Patellofemoral Complex
Tanaka MJ, Tompkins MA, Fulkerson JP. Radiographic Landmarks for the Anterior Attachment of the Medial Patellofemoral Complex. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2019, 35: 1141-1146. PMID: 30611587, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2018.08.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial patellofemoral complexLateral fluoroscopic imagesRadiographic landmarksGraft placementSuperior poleCadaveric kneesLateral parapatellar approachMedial patellofemoral ligamentFresh-frozen cadaveric kneesArticular surfaceAnterior attachmentVastus intermedius tendonPatellar stabilization surgeryArticular lengthParapatellar approachFluoroscopic imagesExtensor mechanismQuadriceps tendonStabilization surgeryPatellofemoral ligamentAnatomic findingsDigital analysis softwareLigament anatomyArticular sideAnatomic midpoint