patella infera
Delee Osteotomy For Patella Baja/Infera and Infrapatellar Contracture Syndrome (IPCS)
Submitted by missmyknee on November 6, 2007 - 12:49am."Patella baja and infrapatellar contracture syndrome are one of the worst conditions for a patient to have and for a physician to treat." These were the words of my first knee specialist doctor.
I was diagnosed with patella baja and infrapatellar contracture syndrome in July of 2001. This came 11 mos after my horseback riding accident, where I broke my tibia and fibula in 4 places. I developed arthrofibrosis of my knee, after the nailing procedure thru my knee, to repair the tibia fractures.
1991 - The early diagnosis and treatment of developmental patella infera syndrome
Submitted by admin on November 4, 2007 - 12:45pm.Noyes FR, Wojtys EM, and Marshall MT. The early diagnosis and treatment of developmental patella infera syndrome. Clin Orthop Rel Res 265:241-252, 1991.
This paper distinguishes between -
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developmental patella infera - where the patella is moving down into a lower position due to adhesions and scarring, but which situation is still potentially reversible.
1987 - Infrapatellar contracture syndrome. An unrecognised cause of knee stiffness with patella entrapment and patella infera
Submitted by admin on November 4, 2007 - 12:42pm.Paulos LE, Rosenberg TD, Drawbert J, Manning J and Abbott P. Infrapatellar contracture syndrome. An unrecognised cause of knee stiffness with patella entrapment and patella infera.
