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Evaluation of the Patient with Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability

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Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability

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There is no substitute for a thorough history and a complete and careful physical examination. The history and physical examination still remain the first step for making an accurate diagnosis of anterior knee pain and patellar instability above any technique of diagnostic image. Imaging studies are a second step and can never replace the former. Surgical indications should not be based only on methods of image diagnosis as there is a poor correlation between clinical and image data. Finally, arthroscopy should be used judiciously and no realignment surgery should be based solely on the arthroscopic analysis of the patellofemoral congruence.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain

    Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso MD, PhD (Member of the International Patellofemoral Study Group)

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain

    Carlos Puig-Abbs MD (Orthopaedic Surgeon)

  3. ERESA-Hospital General Universitario MR and CT Unit, Universidad Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain

    Vicente MartÍnez-Sanjuan MD, PhD (Profesor of Radiology)

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Sanchis-Alfonso, V., Puig-Abbs, C., MartÍnez-Sanjuan, V. (2006). Evaluation of the Patient with Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (eds) Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-143-1_6

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