{"title":"Medial Patellar Instability Following Total Knee Arthroplasty","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.artd.2024.101522","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although lateral patellar instability has been discussed as a complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), there are no published reports of medial patellar instability. We present a case of a 72-year-old female patient with a remote history of medializing tibial tubercle osteotomy who underwent TKA complicated by a medial dislocation of the patella. Management consisted of lateral retinaculum imbrication, revision of the patellar component, and lateralizing tibial tubercle osteotomy in the setting of appropriate rotation of the tibial and femoral components. It is important to be aware of medial patellar instability as well as potential treatment options as this is a rare complication that can occur following TKA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37940,"journal":{"name":"Arthroplasty Today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arthroplasty Today","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344124002073","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ORTHOPEDICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although lateral patellar instability has been discussed as a complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), there are no published reports of medial patellar instability. We present a case of a 72-year-old female patient with a remote history of medializing tibial tubercle osteotomy who underwent TKA complicated by a medial dislocation of the patella. Management consisted of lateral retinaculum imbrication, revision of the patellar component, and lateralizing tibial tubercle osteotomy in the setting of appropriate rotation of the tibial and femoral components. It is important to be aware of medial patellar instability as well as potential treatment options as this is a rare complication that can occur following TKA.
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Arthroplasty Today is a companion journal to the Journal of Arthroplasty. The journal Arthroplasty Today brings together the clinical and scientific foundations for joint replacement of the hip and knee in an open-access, online format. Arthroplasty Today solicits manuscripts of the highest quality from all areas of scientific endeavor that relate to joint replacement or the treatment of its complications, including those dealing with patient outcomes, economic and policy issues, prosthetic design, biomechanics, biomaterials, and biologic response to arthroplasty. The journal focuses on case reports. It is the purpose of Arthroplasty Today to present material to practicing orthopaedic surgeons that will keep them abreast of developments in the field, prove useful in the care of patients, and aid in understanding the scientific foundation of this subspecialty area of joint replacement. The international members of the Editorial Board provide a worldwide perspective for the journal''s area of interest. Their participation ensures that each issue of Arthroplasty Today provides the reader with timely, peer-reviewed articles of the highest quality.