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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of the Literature

The Open Orthopaedics Journal 27 July 2012 RESEARCH ARTICLE DOI: 10.2174/1874325001206010340

Abstract

Identification and management of patients with isolated patellofemoral osteoarthritis are challenging. Many of these patients present at a young age and it is important to distinguish degenerative change in the patellofemoral articulation from the other various causes of anterior knee pain. Once the diagnosis of isolated patellofemoral arthrosis has been made non-operative and conservative surgical techniques should be exhausted fully before prosthetic arthroplasty is considered. This review focuses on the use of arthroplasty for isolated patellofemoral arthrosis, in particular comparing the use of total knee against selective patellofemoral joint replacements.

Keywords: Patellofemoral, osteoarthritis, arthroplasty.
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