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Medial Patellotibial Ligament: Clinical Application and Surgical Reconstruction for Patellar Stabilization

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To better understand the patellofemoral joint’s complex anatomy, and perhaps improve surgical outcomes, focus on the distal medial patellar restraints (medial patellotibial ligament (MPTL) and patellomeniscal ligament (MPML)) has been recently scrutinized for their (potential) role in injury and surgery [3, 9, 11–13, 19, 24, 25, 32, 33, 35, 37]. The anatomy of the medial patellar restraints has been previously detailed [24, 34], and described in a companion chapter in this publication. Therefore, it is not included in this chapter.

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  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Hinckel, B.B., Zaffagnini, S., Arendt, E.A. (2020). Medial Patellotibial Ligament: Clinical Application and Surgical Reconstruction for Patellar Stabilization. In: Dejour, D., Zaffagnini, S., Arendt, E., Sillanpää, P., Dirisamer, F. (eds) Patellofemoral Pain, Instability, and Arthritis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61097-8_19

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