Medial Quadriceps Tendon Femoral Ligament Reconstruction and Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Have No Significant Differences in Clinical Outcomes for Treatment of Lateral Patellar Instability: A Matched-Cohort Study
Shankar D, DeClouette B, Avila A, Vasavada K, Lan R, Strauss E, Jazrawi L, Alaia M, Gonzalez-Lomas G, Campbell K. Medial Quadriceps Tendon Femoral Ligament Reconstruction and Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Have No Significant Differences in Clinical Outcomes for Treatment of Lateral Patellar Instability: A Matched-Cohort Study. Journal Of ISAKOS Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine 2024 PMID: 38490437, DOI: 10.1016/j.jisako.2024.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial patellofemoral ligament reconstructionMedial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament reconstructionVisual analog scalePatellofemoral ligament reconstructionMatched-cohort studyTibial tubercle osteotomyLateral patellar instabilityLigament reconstructionPatellar instabilityReturn to workClinical outcomesRate of recurrent patellar instabilityConcomitant tibial tubercle osteotomyRates of recurrent subluxationPostoperative visual analog scaleOsteochondral allograftsRecurrent lateral patellar instabilityRetrospective matched-cohort studyCompare clinical outcomesFollow-up timeFisher's exact testRecurrent patellar instabilityMann-Whitney U testReturn to sportP-value <