A Prospective, Randomized Study of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Primary Traumatic Patellar Dislocation

Finnish Defense Forces

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patellar Dislocation

Treatments: Procedure: Nonoperative; Procedure: proximal patellar surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00551668

R1199/8.1/D/II

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this prospective, randomized cohort study was to evaluate the clinical results between operative and nonoperative treatment of primary patellar dislocation.

Full description

There is no consensus about management of acute traumatic primary patellar dislocations in young physically active adults. Acute lateral patellar dislocation is a relatively common injury among young adults. Proper treatment for this condition has been researched for decades. However, there is a lack of prospective randomized studies to evaluate the different treatment options for traumatic primary patellar dislocations. Therefore a prospective, randomized study was designed with the aim to compare the outcome of operative versus nonoperative treatment of primary traumatic patellar dislocations in young adults.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• An acute primary traumatic patellar dislocation

Exclusion criteria

• Previous dislocation or subluxation of the patella
• Pre-existing ipsilateral or contralateral knee pathology
• Previous knee trauma or patellar fracture.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Operative

Treatment:

Procedure: proximal patellar surgery

2

Experimental group

Description:

Nonoperative

Treatment:

Procedure: Nonoperative