Resumo

PEREZ HERNANDEZ, Luis Miguel; CALZADO CALDERON, Ragnar; FORTUN PLANAS, Primitivo  e  CHAO CARRASCO, Lina. Surgical treatment of the patellar hypertension syndrome. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 2002, vol.16, n.1-2, pp. 33-37. ISSN 1561-3100.

A study was conducted among 22 patients with diagnosis of patellar hypertension syndrome that were surgically treated at “Frank País” International Scientific Orthopedic Complex. 81.8 % of the sample were females. It was observed that it affected mainly patients before the third decade of life. Several techniques are explained and their results are evaluated.

Palavras-chave : KNEE [surgery]; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES [methods]; PATELLA.