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A 16-year-old boy sustained an acute first-time dislocation to his left patella when he was tackled from behind playing rugby, landing directly on the inside of his knee. The knee was immediately swollen. He went to hospital and was admitted, the patella having spontaneously reduced. He was treated conservatively with a free-moving hinged knee orthosis, discharged, and an MRI scan ordered and referred for advice on his further management.
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Donell, S., McNamara, I. (2017). A 16-Year-Old Boy. In: Tutorials in Patellofemoral Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47400-7_2
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