2024
Visualization of Trochlear Dysplasia using Three-Dimensional Curvature Analysis in Patients with Patellar Instability Facilitates Understanding and Improves the Reliability of the Entry-Point to Trochlea Groove Angle
Sieberer J, Park N, Manafzadeh A, Desroches S, Brennan K, McDonald C, Tommasini S, Wiznia D, Fulkerson J. Visualization of Trochlear Dysplasia using Three-Dimensional Curvature Analysis in Patients with Patellar Instability Facilitates Understanding and Improves the Reliability of the Entry-Point to Trochlea Groove Angle. Arthroscopy Sports Medicine And Rehabilitation 2024, 101010. DOI: 10.1016/j.asmr.2024.101010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatellofemoral instability patientsInterclass correlation coefficientInterrater reliabilityPatellofemoral instabilityLevel III-retrospective cohort studyResults Qualitative analysisIII-retrospective cohort studyTrochlear grooveClinical decision-makingRetrospective cohort studyAge-sex matched controlsCohort studyMann-Whitney U testAge-sexRecurrent patellar instabilityPatient's kneeControl kneesAP viewMatched controlsKneePatellar instabilityCT scanTrochlear dysplasiaMann-WhitneyU test
2020
Current Concepts Regarding Patellofemoral Trochlear Dysplasia
Levy BJ, Tanaka MJ, Fulkerson JP. Current Concepts Regarding Patellofemoral Trochlear Dysplasia. The American Journal Of Sports Medicine 2020, 49: 1642-1650. PMID: 33021814, DOI: 10.1177/0363546520958423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent patellar instabilityTrochlear dysplasiaPatellar instabilityPatellofemoral jointMedial quadriceps tendon-femoral ligamentMajority of patientsTibial tubercle transferMajority of casesArticular cartilageSurgical stabilizationMedial patellofemoralOptimal treatmentTubercle transferDysplasiaPatientsComplex structural anomaliesPatellofemoral trackingSurgical planningTrochleoplastyStructural anomaliesSpecific deficitsCartilagePatellofemoralMajorityMedial 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