The Impact of Tibial Tubercle-trochlear Groove Distance and Patellar Height on the Outcome of Isolated Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction (TT-TG Outcome)

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Patellar Dislocation

Treatments: Other: Observational

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03076008

ORSU-2019-27540

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators plan to perform a prospective observational cohort study of patients undergoing MPFL reconstruction for the treatment of episodic patellar instability in the absence of significant degenerative disease. The investigators will follow these study subjects for a minimum of two years to monitor their functional and clinical outcome.

Enrollment: 201 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• MPFL Reconstruction

Exclusion criteria

• Trochleoplasty Required
• Prior ipsilateral knee surgery
• Iwano grade 2+
• CHondral injury requiring surgical treatment beyond debridement
• Major ligamentous injury to the knee

Trial design

201 participants in 1 patient group

MPFL Reconstruction

Description:

Subjects undergoing MPFL Reconstruction

Treatment:

Other: Observational