Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction With or Without Lateral Retinaculum Release

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Episodic Patellar Dislocation

Treatments: Procedure: MPFL reconstruction and lateral retinaculum release; Procedure: conventional surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01719666

2010.651

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesis is lateral retinaculum release has no effect on treatment of Patellar Recurrent Dislocation with Medial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) reconstruction.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 18yo and 45yo
• indication for MPFL reconstruction
• unilateral or bilateral indication

Exclusion criteria

• indication for bony procedures
• previous surgery for PF disorders
• patient refusal

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

140 participants in 2 patient groups

isolated MPFL reconstruction

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: conventional surgery

MPFL reconstruction and Lateral retinaculum release

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: MPFL reconstruction and lateral retinaculum release