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Bilateral medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in high-level athletes

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Abstract

This report presents two cases of high-level athletes with bilateral patellar dislocations who were able to return to their preinjury level of activity after bilateral medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction, without any major complications. Patient 1 was a 19-year-old male volleyball player for a top-level college volleyball team, and patient 2 was a 24-year-old woman who was a member of a national-level adult softball team. MPFL reconstruction could be an effective treatment for bilateral patellar dislocation in high-level athletes.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan

    Yuichi Kuroda, Takehiko Matsushita, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Yohei Kawakami, Masahiro Kurosaka & Ryosuke Kuroda

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Kuroda, Y., Matsushita, T., Matsumoto, T. et al. Bilateral medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in high-level athletes. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 22, 2465–2469 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-014-2990-9

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