PATELLA DISLOCATION

Course overview

ACUTE PATELLAR DISLOCATIONS TYPICALLY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA, USUALLY A NON-CONTACT TWISTING INJURY TO THE KNEE, OR FROM A DIRECT BLOW TO THE MEDIAL ASPECT OF THE KNEE. A COMMON MECHANISM IS EXTERNAL TIBIAL ROTATION WITH THE FOOT FIXED ON THE GROUND. THERE IS A GROUP OF PATIENTS THAT SUFFER FROM CHRONIC LAXITY AND RECURRENT SUBLUXATION OF THEIR PATELLA. THE RECURRENCE RATE FOLLOWING A FIRST-TIME DISLOCATION CAN BE 15-60%. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AND COMPLICATIONS OF PATELLAR DISLOCATION AND ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM APPROACH TO ITS MANAGEMENT.