Meniscal allograft with or without osteotomy: a 15-year follow-up study.

Purpose: To assess survivorship of meniscal allografts and the benefit of concomitant osteotomy.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed of all patients who had meniscal allograft surgery ± osteotomy. Fresh frozen meniscal allograft was sutured in place using an onlay technique.

The treatment of acquired patella baja with proximalize the tibial tuberosity.

Purpose: Acquired patella baja may result in decreased range of motion of the knee, extensor lag, and anterior knee pain. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of tibial tubercle osteotomy with proximal displacement.

Methods: Between 1998 and 2011, a proximalization of the tibial tuberosity was performed in 15 patients (15 knees) with patella baja diagnosed using the Blackburne-Peel ratio.

Bilateral rotational osteotomies of the proximal tibiae and tibial tuberosity distal transfers for the treatment of congenital lateral dislocations of patellae: a case report and literature review.

Congenital dislocation of patella (CDP) causes varying degree of disability. Patients may present as late walkers with asymmetric gait, habitual or recurrent dislocators or even non-walkers if the condition is bilateral. Patellar instability is often associated with soft tissue or bony pathology.

Patella baja following chronic quadriceps tendon rupture.

Patella baja is a complication of chronic quadriceps tendon rupture. In this case we present the treatment of this problem by the proximal transfer of the tibial tubercle allowing an environment in which the quadriceps tendon can heal.

Functional outcome after tibial tubercle transfer for the painful patella alta.

Twenty-five patients with painful patella alta without symptomatic subluxation were identified in a prospective database. All patients had a distal tibial tubercle transfer and preoperative knee arthroscopy. The mean postoperative followup was 2.