The reported incidence of patellar problems after total knee replacement has ranged from 5 to 30 per cent. @entity8043 is infrequent but can cause disabling symptoms. Between January 1974 and May 1982, eleven @entity1 (twelve knees) with symptomatic @entity12351 after total knee replacement were treated at The Hospital for Special Surgery by realignment of the extensor mechanism. All of the @entity1 were @entity1 . Their average age was sixty-two years and average weight, eighty-seven kilograms. The diagnosis was @entity571 in seven knees and @entity309 in five. Most of the @entity1 had had preoperative @entity85 (average, 18 degrees). The cause of dislocation was @entity130 in three knees, incorrect tracking of the patella after replacement in six, and malrotation of the tibial component in three. Four different prosthetic designs had been used. The design of the implant did not appear to be a factor causing dislocation in this group. The @entity8043 was treated by proximal realignment of the quadriceps in ten knees, lateral retinacular release alone in one, and revision of the tibial and femoral components combined with proximal realignment in one. After an average follow-up of thirty-four months (range, twenty-four to fifty-seven months), the results according to The Hospital for Special Surgery knee-rating scale were excellent in ten knees and good in two, and there had been no redislocations.

XXXX following total knee replacement.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients'] @entity12351 :: ('MESH:C538081', 'Disease') :: ['lateral dislocation of the patella'] @entity571 :: ('MESH:D010003', 'Disease') :: ['osteoarthritis'] @entity85 :: ('MESH:D009140', 'Disease') :: ['valgus deformity'] @entity8043 :: ('MESH:D031222', 'Disease') :: ['Patellar dislocation', 'patellar dislocation'] @entity309 :: ('MESH:D001172', 'Disease') :: ['rheumatoid arthritis'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity8043 :: (MESH:D031222,Disease) :: ['Patellar dislocation']
