Abstract

ALVAREZ LOPEZ, Alejandro; FUENTES-VEJAR, Rodrigo; SOTO-CARRASCO, Sergio Ricardo  and  GARCIA LORENZO, Yenima de la Caridad. Some specificities around the low patella. MEDISAN [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.6, pp. 1465-1474.  Epub Nov 29, 2021. ISSN 1029-3019.

The low patella is an uncommon disease, of congenital or acquired cause, characterized by pain in the anterior area of the knee and limitation of the articular movement. The simple x-ray, in lateral projection, helps to make a diagnosis through certain measurements; also, the conservative treatment is not very successful, so that surgical modalities are the most used. Due to the importance of this subject matter and the lack of information available in the national and international bibliography, it is shortly commented in this work, aimed at offering information on this disease so that it serves as working guide.

Keywords : low patella; lengthening of the patellar tendon; transfer of the anterior tibial tuberosity.

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