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Lateral release

A lateral release is a surgical procedure to release tight capsular structures (lateral retinaculum) on the outer aspect (lateral aspect) of the knee.

This is done to improve tracking of the patellar in the groove of the underlying femur bone.

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Abbreviation of 'reflex sympathetic dystrophy', which is usually referred to nowadays as 'CRPS' (complex regional pain syndrome).

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