Se presentan 5 casos de síndrome de nail-patella de 2 familias distintas. En todos ellos eran evidentes los rasgos clínicos característicos de la enfermedad. Tres de los pacientes presentaban luxación recidivante de rótula con importante repercusión funcional. Fueron intervenidos quirúrgicamente con unos buenos resultados funcionales. Las alteraciones en los codos no provocaban trastornos funcionales importantes y no precisaron tratamiento quirúrgico.Five cases of nail-patella syndrome of 2 different
families are presented. In all of them there were evident the
clinical features typical of the disease. Three of the patients
presented recurrent dislocation of patella with important
functional repercussion. They were managed surgically with
a good functional result. The troubles in the elbows did not
provoke important functional disorder and they did not need
surgical treatmen
