2021 AOSSM-AANA Combined Annual Meeting Recordings-Indications: Isolated MPFL: Is that all we Need?

Indications: Isolated MPFL: Is that all we Need?

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Video Summary

In this video, the speaker discusses the current understanding and challenges surrounding the treatment of patellar femoral instability. They emphasize the importance of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction as the primary restraint for instability and highlight the success rate of this procedure. However, they also acknowledge the lack of clear criteria for identifying patients who are at risk of recurrent instability after MPFL reconstruction. The speaker suggests the need for an instability severity index score to better predict which patients may require additional bony realignment procedures along with the MPFL reconstruction. They present preliminary findings from their ongoing study and emphasize the importance of further research in this area.

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Jacqueline Brady, MD

Keywords

patellar femoral instability

medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction

recurrent instability

instability severity index score

bony realignment procedures