Patellofemoral Joint (PFJ) Arthroplasty

Iordache, Edna; Rasch, Helmut; Hirschmann, Michael T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_18

Edna Iordache^4,5,
Helmut Rasch⁶ &
Michael T. Hirschmann^4,5

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Patellofemoral joint (PFJ) osteoarthritis is a progressive degenerative pathology, often a result of patella maltracking or trauma. The chapter focuses on different imaging modalities, especially SPECT/CT, and their impact on diagnosis and treatment with arthroplasty.

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), Liestal, Switzerland
Edna Iordache & Michael T. Hirschmann
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Edna Iordache & Michael T. Hirschmann
Institute of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
Tim Van den Wyngaert
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Gopinath Gnanasegaran
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, BL, Switzerland
Michael T. Hirschmann
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Michael T. Hirschmann

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Iordache, E., Rasch, H., Hirschmann, M.T. (2023). Patellofemoral Joint (PFJ) Arthroplasty. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_18

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_18
Published: 25 February 2024
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