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This is the case of a 43-year-old woman who came to my office for a second opinion for right patellar instability and severe anterior right knee pain. Instability was the main complain. She had undergone an operation on both knees in which a bilateral medialization of the tibial tubercle associated to lateral retinaculum release was performed. She experienced very significant limitations in her daily life activities as well as a quite notable decrease in her quality of life. Physical examination demonstrated multidirectional (lateral and medial) patellar instability.
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Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (2023). Case # 5: Multidirectional Patellar Instability After Over-Medialization of the Tibial Tubercle in a Patient with Severe Trochlear Dysplasia and Patella Alta. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (eds) Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09767-6_46
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