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Il trattamento chirurgico del dolore femoro-rotuleo mediante lateral-release endoscopico e/o a cielo aperto. Revisione casistica e nostre personali considerazioni.
SUMMARY
In the Orthopaedic Clinic of the University of Pavia , fron 1987 through 1990, 90 patients who
complained patellofemorai pain underwent arthroscopic evaluation and subsequent lateral
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release, which was arthroscopic in 57 cases and open in 33. Ali of he patients were exarnined after
srgery
Our results agree with the conclusions of other authors: laterai retinacular release has to be
considered the elective surgery in adolescents and young adults whose patellofemoral pain is due to
patellar malalignement with a Q-angle not greater than 200 and without advanced degenerative
changes of patellar cartilage.
Furthermore, our study has dernonstrated better results in the cases of open lateral retinacular
release